infract v 1: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" [syn: {transgress}, {offend}, {infract}, {violate}, {go against}, {breach}, {break}] [ant: {keep}, {observe}]
Infract \In*fract"\ ([i^]n*fr[a^]kt"), a. [L. infractus; pref. in- not + fractus. p. p. of frangere to break.] Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
Infract \In*fract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infracting}.] [L. infractus, p. p. of of infringere. See {Infringe}.] To break; to infringe. [R.] --Thomson. [1913 Webster]