Disagree to do

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Everyone would disagree to help the criminals..

I wonder whether "disagree to help" is correct English.

I've looked up "disagree" in dictionaries, but I couldn't find "disagree" can be used with to-infinitive, like "agree"

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Everyone would disagree to help the criminals..
I wonder whether "disagree to help" is correct English.
I've looked up "disagree" in dictionaries, but I couldn't find "disagree" can be used with to-infinitive, like "agree"

In a sentence like that, no, it can't. In such a sentence, if someone didn't agree to do something we'd normally say they refused, or perhaps declined, to do it.

Everyone would refuse to help the criminals.

Disagree can be followed by a to-infinitive in a sentence like I expect people who disagree to explain their reasons, but this is a different construction.

Your original sentence isn't completely wrong, though it's a little odd. It would mean that people would intentionally disagree with each other in order to help the criminals.

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