to violate
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4.4
- verb
- /ˈvaɪəˌleɪt/
:
infringir
- I took a look at it to see if she is violating your legal rights.
- violate the law
- violate human rights
- violate the rules
Any state more extensive than the minimal state violates people's rights.
- Any state more extensive than the minimal state violates people's rights.
- On TikTok, Trump says the ban violates his First Amendment rights.
- If I made an intern read what you wrote, it would violate child labor laws.
- All the laws of physics have been violated and you don't even blink, right?
- Should you ever violate this oath, your blood will be shed.
- He who saves his country does not violate any law.
- Because continuing the statement, corporations have violated their contract with humans.
- But what they call courage violates both duties.
Examples
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The company was held accountable when it was proven that they violated the safety regulations.
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'To do so would be to violate the most basic codes of service.
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This is where I say they violate the rights of others.
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There are some things that would appear to violate that result.
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What if I violate those terms?
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If I made an intern read what you wrote, it would violate child labor laws.
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You're being charged with violating Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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Government funding of parochial schools would violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
Academic text (2017) -
Miller was found guilty of violating a California law making the mailing of such materials illegal.
Academic text (2015) -
In physical classrooms, photographs or videos taken with mobile phones may violate fellow classmates' privacy.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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3.3
To act against a rule, law, or popular opinion
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3.7
Openly refuse to obey someone or seem to resist a force like time
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3.7
To refuse to follow rules or orders from someone in charge
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6.8
Break a rule or law and go against someone's rights
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4.5
To break a rule, agreement, or promise
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2.6
To fail to do what you said you would do
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7.9
To get into trouble for breaking rules or laws
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7.9
To openly disobey a rule or law to show you do not respect it
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7.8
To do something that breaks a law, rule, or your idea of right and wrong
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8.2
To break a law, rule, or agreement
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5.0
To not keep a serious promise you made, often in a formal situation
To break a law, rule, contract, or promise
Antonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
violate = violence (opaque) = viol + ate
Although historically related to the idea of force/violence, the sense 'break a law or rule' has shifted and is not directly derivable by an average learner from 'violence' + '-ate'.
Etymology
Violate comes from the Latin verb violare, which meant 'to use force' or 'to treat with violence' and is the same root as violence and violent. So, to violate a law or promise is to break it as if pushing it aside with force.