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Infringe vs Plunder - What's the difference?

infringe | plunder |

In transitive terms the difference between infringe and plunder

is that infringe is break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc while plunder is to make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.

In intransitive terms the difference between infringe and plunder

is that infringe is break in or encroach on something while plunder is to take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.

As a noun plunder is

an instance of plundering.

infringe

English

Alternative forms

* enfringe

Verb

(en-verb)
  • Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= 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.}}
  • Break in or encroach on something.

    • Synonyms

    transgress

    Derived terms

    * infringement * infringer

    Related terms

    * infraction

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    plunder

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
    • ''The mercenaries plundered the small town.
    The shopkeeper was plundered of his possessions by the burglar.
  • To take (goods) by pillage.
    • The mercenaries plundered all the goods they found.
  • To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
    • ''"Now to plunder , mateys!" screamed a buccaneer, to cries of "Arrgh!" and "Aye!" all around.
  • To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
    • ''The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste.
  • * 2014 , , " Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:
    • The Serb teed up Steve Davis, who crossed low for Graziano Pellè to plunder his fifth league goal of the campaign.

    Derived terms

    * plunderable * plunderage * plunderer * plunderous

    Noun

    (-)
  • An instance of plundering
  • The loot attained by plundering
    • ''The Hessian kept his choicest plunder in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it.
  • (slang, dated) baggage; luggage