injure

injure
in·jure vt in·jured, in·jur·ing
1: to interfere with or violate the legally protected interests of: as
a: to harm the physical, emotional, or mental well-being of
b: to cause (another) to suffer from damage to, deprivation of, or interference with property or a property interest
c: to violate the constitutionally or otherwise legally protected rights of
2: to mar or impair the soundness or appearance of (as a building): deface

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

injure
I (harm) verb abuse, aggravate, blemish, bruise, brutalize, cripple, damage, debase, debilitate, deface, disable, disfigure, do harm to, endanger, eviscerate, harrow, hit, hurt, ill treat, ill use, impair, inflict, inflict pain, lacerate, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, molest, mutilate, spoil, violate, vitiate, wound II (persecute) verb affront, annoy, asperse, blacken, calumniate, defame, denigrate, disadvantage, disparage, insult, libel, malign, offend, oppress, prejudice, slander, subvert, traduce, vilify, wrong III index abuse (misuse), abuse (victimize), aggravate (annoy), brutalize, damage, debase, debilitate, deface, disable, disadvantage, endanger, eviscerate, harm, harrow, ill use, impair, inflict, maim, mishandle (maltreat), mistreat, molest (annoy), mutilate, offend (insult), persecute, spoil (impair), subvert, sully, violate, vitiate

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


injure
v.
To harm or damage a person or property.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


injure
To interfere with the legally protected interest of another or to inflict harm on someone, for which an action may be brought. To damage or impair.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


injure
To interfere with the legally protected interest of another or to inflict harm on someone, for which an action may be brought. To damage or impair.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • injure — INJURE. s. f. Tort, outrage de fait ou de parole. Grande injure. injure atroce, sanglante, irreparable. faire injure, faire une injure à quelqu un. endurer, souffrir une injure. oublier, pardonner les injures. repousser les injures. venger l… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • injure — injure, harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar, spoil all mean to affect someone or something so as to rob it of soundness, strength, or perfection or to reduce its value, usefulness, or effectiveness. Injure in its earliest and still frequent sense… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Injure — In jure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Injured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Injuring}.] [L. injuriari, fr. injuria injury, perh. through F. injurier to insult, in OF. also, to injure; or perhaps fr. E. injury, or F. injure injury. See {Injury}.] To do harm to; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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