SAT vocabulary
Impinge
To trespass upon someone's territory or infringe upon their prerogatives
Example
"The newly enacted curfew laws threatened to impinge on the citizens' fundamental freedom of movement."
Etymology
From Latin impingere ('to strike against, drive into'), from in- ('into') + pangere ('to fasten, fix').
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