Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Infringement \In*fringe"ment\, n.
   1. The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment;
      as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or
      constitution.

            The punishing of this infringement is proper to that
            jurisdiction against which the contempt is.
                                                  --Clarendon.

   2. An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special
      privilege; a trespass.

Source : WordNet®

infringement
     n 1: an act that disregards an agreement or a right; "he claimed
          a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment"
          [syn: {violation}]
     2: a crime less serious than a felony [syn: {misdemeanor}, {misdemeanour},
         {infraction}, {offence}, {offense}, {violation}]