violator
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- noun
- /ˈvaɪəˌleɪtər/
- Offensive
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violador
- Some states, like Tennessee, have mandatory testing for repeat DUI violators.
Examples
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When you stop asking for people's consent, then you go from being a protector to a violator.
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There's this columnist over at USA TODAY Sports, Nancy Armour, who's a repeat violator of women's rights.
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Man, you got yourself a real violator, huh?
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Nuns and female ministers are among the abusers, but the majority of the violators appear to be men.
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There's this columnist over at USA TODAY Sports, Nancy Armour, who's a repeat violator of women's rights.
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Democrats and liberals are the worst violators of women (OWS, the Obama administration underrepresentation, and Bill Clinton, anyone?)
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According to coverage by the International Service for Human Rights, Narochnitskaya argued that "human rights are generally manipulated for political ends and the worst violators of human rights have been 'anti-traditional, revolutionary, and anti-Christian.'"
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Sooner or later, this special relationship... ... with a regime that Amnesty International condemns... ... as a widespread human-rights violator... ... would come back to haunt the Bushes.
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At home, she thanklessly waits hand and foot on her mother, Mary (Mo’Nique), herself a disturbed and disturbing figure, both victim and violator, another link in this gruesome cycle of degradation.
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The community organized a rally to raise awareness about the dangers of trusting a violator.
Synonyms
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A person who forces someone to have sex without their consent
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A person who touches someone in a sexual way without their permission
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A person who forces someone to have sex without consent
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A person who touches another person in a sexual way without their permission
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A person who forces someone to have sex without their agreement
How Serious
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- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word violator in this sense comes from the same Latin violare, meaning 'to do violence' or 'to force', and is related to violent. So a violator is someone who 'uses force' against another person and breaks their rights or safety.