infringement

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A violation or breach, as of a law.

   “Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.”

2. (countable, uncountable)An encroachment on a right, a person, a territory, or a property.

   “The pattern of services over these lines today still pays homage to their history, which derived in considerable measure from the L.B.S.C.R.'s efforts to prevent infringement of its monopoly at Brighton and Eastbourne.”

   “As a reward for their [the Levites'] devotion, they were made the guardians of the shrine from infringement.”

   “As soon as it was suggested that it was considering the Swedish model – in which men are criminalised for buying sex, but the women working in prostitution are decriminalised – a slew of prominent male columnists started arguing against this infringement on a man's right to purchase a woman's body.”