infight

verb

1. (intransitive)To fight with allies or other members of the same group.

   “While Kennedy infought to trim outlays to match resources, critics claimed that the era of the big eleemosynaries had come to an end.”

   “Unfortunately what we have going on in this world against the new Israeli State, is just like what the Arabs do to their own, as they infight, among Muslims, and different nationalities, and sects, just as the many Christians do, and mostly did during the times of the Protestant revolution, and exodus and expulsion.”

   “And then each group began to infight on some pretext.”

2. To box while extremely close to an opponent

   “Be prepared to slip and duck his jab to infight or to counter with a quick punch to the head or body.”

   “Even if you're giving up reach in order to infight, standing at the end of your opponent's punch (impact position) isn't the way to do it.”

   “Walker tried hard to close with his opponent, and infight, but by using both hands to good advantage Fus. Scott held his own.”

   “"In a minute," said the commodore faintly. "He's so good I hate to hurt him. But I'll infight him to a finish."”

noun

1. An internal battle; a fight with allies or other members of the same group.

   “The power struggle to establish Kim Il Sung as the sole leader in North Korea took almost a decade, entailing a series of bitter factional infights.”

   “In political terms, the subject of the play is the infight between ultraradical and moderate leftist factions, an infight which has haunted the European leftist movements since the days of the French Revolution.”

   “The German officer, however, made in his new function as Inspector of Army Motorization an enemy who proved equally ruthless on the battlefield as in the arena of bureaucratic infights—Heinz Guderian.”