Infringement

noun

1. A violation, as of a law, regulation, or agreement.
2. An encroachment, as of a right or privilege: synonym: breach.

   "copyright infringement."

3. A breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
4. The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment.

   "the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution"

5. An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass.