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Usurped vs Infringed - What's the difference?

usurped | infringed |

As verbs the difference between usurped and infringed

is that usurped is (usurp) while infringed is (infringe).

usurped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (usurp)
    • The king was usurped by his cousin.

    Anagrams

    * pursued

    infringed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (infringe)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    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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