as in violations
a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation
speeding is only a minor infraction, but vehicular homicide is a serious felony
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Recent Examples of infractions
But the infractions weren’t made public until September 13, when E&E News first reported the leak.
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Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco / Grist, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
Such infractions will result in a 10-yard penalty.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Dunbar has had several disciplinary infractions, including for assault against other inmates beginning in 2010, prison records show.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2024
The vehicles are also finding markets among adults who lost their license for driving infractions or who never got a full license, and outside cities in areas with poor transport.
—John Leicester, Fortune Europe, 15 Oct. 2024
Even small infractions can be seen as indicative of a world rife with injustice.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Business leaders critical of the government are investigated for tax fraud or other infractions, and opposition politicians get mired in scandals dug up or simply invented by intelligence agencies.
—Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco / Grist, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
Such infractions will result in a 10-yard penalty.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Dunbar has had several disciplinary infractions, including for assault against other inmates beginning in 2010, prison records show.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2024
The vehicles are also finding markets among adults who lost their license for driving infractions or who never got a full license, and outside cities in areas with poor transport.
—John Leicester, Fortune Europe, 15 Oct. 2024
Even small infractions can be seen as indicative of a world rife with injustice.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Business leaders critical of the government are investigated for tax fraud or other infractions, and opposition politicians get mired in scandals dug up or simply invented by intelligence agencies.
—Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
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“Infractions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infractions. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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