infraction

noun
🔊/ɪnˈfrækʃn/
🔊/ɪnˈfrækʃn/
[countable, uncountable] (formal)
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  1. an act of breaking a rule or law犯规;违法 synonym infringement
    • minor infractions of EU regulations对欧盟规定的轻微触犯
    Topics Permission and obligationc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin infractio(n-), from the verb infringere, from in- ‘into’ + frangere ‘to break’.