Infringe vs Infest - What's the difference?
infringe | infest |
Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
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, title= Break in or encroach on something.
As verbs the difference between infringe and infest
is that infringe is break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc while infest is to inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers.As an adjective infest is
(obsolete) mischievous; hurtful; harassing.infringe
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Alternative forms
* enfringeVerb
(en-verb)Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}