serious infringement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofseriousandinfringement
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serious
adjective
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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infringement
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈfrɪndʒ.mənt/us/ɪnˈfrɪndʒ.mənt/
an action that breaks a rule, ...
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(Definition ofseriousandinfringementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It seems a ratherseriousinfringementon the distributors of tobacco.
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Although fingerprinting might be undignified, it is not aseriousinfringementof human rights.
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That is aseriousinfringementof personal integrity.
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The provisions of section 2 still represent aseriousinfringementof basic civil liberties—the rights of detained people.
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That will become illegal, which is a most extraordinary proposition as well as aseriousinfringementof liberty.
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The collection of a vast amount of data on individuals is aseriousinfringementof privacy.
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Such aseriousinfringementof national freedom of action is unacceptable.
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Even in the case of aseriousinfringement, some types of activity may be more serious than others.
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A moreseriousinfringementis dealt with by payment of a fine.
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That would be aseriousinfringementof normal democratic practices.
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I hope that other groups, too, can see that this represents aseriousinfringementof our citizens' freedoms.
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Self-handling that has been proposed in this forum, even in its watered-down version, constitutes aseriousinfringementof this.
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So the advance notice requirement is not aseriousinfringementof civil liberties.
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The compulsory notification of venereal diseases is a much lessseriousinfringementof liberty than compulsory treatment, so that the greater carries the less.
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That is aseriousinfringementof privacy and freedom for innocent people.
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It is clear that trafficking in human beings is a serious crime and aseriousinfringementof fundamental rights.
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I cannot for the life of me see anyseriousinfringementof it.
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It contains far-reaching provisions and powers which are objectionable and which represent aseriousinfringementof basic civil liberties—the rights of detained people.
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This is aseriousinfringementof the ordinary rights of the individual and the inspection should be made at some reasonable time.
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I think this power is a very extensive one and a veryseriousinfringementof the ordinary rights of the individual.
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