serious violation
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4.5
- noun
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infracción grave
- With this money has come potentially serious violations of campaign finance law.
Examples
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However, for serious violations of trading norms, the WTO may provide the better forum for relief.
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The lowest rating, black, means the plant is in serious violation of regulations and doing serious damage to the environment or community.
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War has too often provided the context for serious violations of human rights.
Academic text (1990) -
Freedom of opinion and expression has also been the subject of serious violations.
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What we have here is clearly a serious violation of public service principles.
Blog text (32) -
What some people refer to as a "midnight requisition" is, in fact, a serious violation of federal law.
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The greatest fine was Can$1,000, even though apparently serious violations, including the escape of thousands of fish, were cited.
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The ICRC customary law of war study defines a "war crime" as a "serious violation of international humanitarian law." (242)
Academic text (2018) -
The EPA is not sure how to proceed but views the refusal as a serious violation of the law, according to Regional Administrator Edwin B. Erickson.
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We consider this and have reported it as a serious violation of international law.
Synonyms
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3.3
An act that breaks a law or rule
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6.7
Breaking a law, rule, or someone else's rights
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8.9
An action that breaks a law or rule
Antonyms
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a significant or major breach of rules' is directly and compositionally derived from 'serious' (important/significant) + 'violation' (a breach of rules). This straightforward adjectival modification is cross-linguistically common and follows normal English noun phrase patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Serious violation comes from the simple image of a rule being badly broken: violation means to 'break' a rule and serious shows it is big or dangerous. That's why the phrase means a big, important 'break' of a rule or the law.