verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
breach/violate/contravene a codeformal (= break one)
▪ Any companies breaching the code will be expelled from the Association.
break/violate a taboo
▪ He is willing to break the taboo about discussing the effects of large-scale immigration.
break/violate an agreement
▪ The UN accused the country's leaders of breaking international agreements.
break/violate sanctions (=send something to another country when this is not allowed)
▪ Several companies broke trade sanctions by continuing to export weapons to the country.
violate sb’s rightsformal (= stop them doing something they have a right to do)
▪ Imprisoning the men without trial violated their rights.
violate the constitution (=do something that is against it)
▪ Such discrimination violates the constitution.
violate/break an oath (=do something you promised not to do)
▪ I do not expect you to violate your oath.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
act
▪ S., however, and it is those businesses that violate the act.
▪ They could violate the Wagner Act, and nothing would happen.
▪ And the penalty for violating the Wagner Act is... what, $ 3, 000 a crack?
action
▪ Walking that way enables one to photograph the trains in action without violating the railway.
▪ Registration and deposit are also necessary before a court can take certain actions against those who violate a copyright.
▪ He said the management's action violated the constitutional rights of the media in broadcasting news.
▪ Either action would violate the international agreement called the Missile Technology Control Regime.
▪ In general, unprofessional conduct refers to any action that violates the rules or ethical code of the teaching profession.
agreement
▪ By contrast, the United States had assisted traitors and reactionaries and had violated the Moscow agreement of December 1945.
▪ Republicans deny that Gingrich violated the agreement.
▪ Bridges logically points out that this would violate their agreement.
▪ The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality took the city to court for violating an agreement not to make any more sewer hookups.
▪ When a national industry is harmed by imports, governments can raise tariffs without violating trade agreement.
▪ Either action would violate the international agreement called the Missile Technology Control Regime.
▪ He had located the original registration of his company and thought it supported his position that the city had violated the agreement.
amendment
▪ The state supreme court advised the governor that the law violated the First Amendment rights of teachers.
▪ Thus such ceremonials do not violate the First Amendment unless the language used in them is unacceptable.
▪ Because of that conclusion, the appeals court did not address whether the association's recruiting rule violated the First Amendment.
▪ The flag nonsense violates First Amendment free speech protections.
▪ The law was challenged soon after it passed on grounds that it violated the First Amendment free-speech rights of state employees.
▪ Kay said the ruling violates the Fourteenth Amendment, and could affect landmark rulings on reproductive rights.
▪ Indicted under the Espionage Act of 1917, he claimed that the act violated the First Amendment.
bill
▪ A number of clauses were dropped after a parliamentary legal committee reported that sections of the bill violated the Constitution.
▪ He went on to argue that the bill violated fiscal discipline and would have destroyed jobs and undermined small businesses.
charge
▪ The 33-strong crew was arrested and the captain faced charges of violating international maritime law.
clause
▪ Some lawyers believed this act violated the establishment clause.
▪ The district court recognized that the Alabama statute violated the establishment clause as construed by the Supreme Court.
▪ Does a state law that requires the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance violate the establishment clause?
▪ Spending federal funds to employ chaplains for the armed forces might be said to violate the Establishment Clause.
▪ Two of the dissenting justices further argued that the arrangement clearly violated the establishment clause.
code
▪ This violates the code, this goes against what you originally decided were your operational parameters.
company
▪ To impose fines of $ 1 million a day if the company continues to violate the settlement.
▪ G was not required to admit that Rely was defective or that the company violated any laws.
▪ The department said the company violated a 1995 court order the government obtained to bar the company from anticompetitive licensing practices.
▪ For the first time, the order will put companies that violate immigration law at risk of losing their federal contracts.
▪ In 1984 alone, the Pentagon suspended 453 other companies for violating procurement regulations.
constitution
▪ Estrada has been charged with bribery, corruption, violating the constitution and betraying the public trust.
▪ Gender discrimination violates the Constitution. 41.
▪ A number of clauses were dropped after a parliamentary legal committee reported that sections of the bill violated the Constitution.
▪ This self-serving political maneuver by the administration jeopardizes millions of pension dollars and violates the Constitution and federal law.
▪ Whether the state of Maryland may, without violating the constitution, tax that branch?
▪ Or rule on whether asset sales, user fees, mandates and flashes of congressional ingenuity yet undreamed of violate the Constitution?
court
▪ The department said the company violated a 1995 court order the government obtained to bar the company from anticompetitive licensing practices.
establishment
▪ Some lawyers believed this act violated the establishment clause.
▪ The district court recognized that the Alabama statute violated the establishment clause as construed by the Supreme Court.
▪ Does a state law that requires the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance violate the establishment clause?
▪ Spending federal funds to employ chaplains for the armed forces might be said to violate the Establishment Clause.
▪ Two of the dissenting justices further argued that the arrangement clearly violated the establishment clause.
freedom
▪ Swilley then charged the board with violating his freedom of speech.
▪ Nobody is violating your freedom of religion.
law
▪ There is no reason to think that the laws of physics are violated in living matter.
▪ A local Republican party of official claimed the law violated equal protection and First Amendment principles.
▪ Attorney General William H.. Moody replied that no federal law had been violated.
▪ Thus the Sabbath laws had not been violated and work was completed on time.
▪ The state supreme court advised the governor that the law violated the First Amendment rights of teachers.
▪ They accused the law enforcement authorities of violating their civil rights by, among other things, fabricating evidence.
▪ I know of cases where the law has been violated by one jurisdiction shifting a leper into another.
maxim
▪ In either case we violate the maxim of brevity.
order
▪ One woman who violated an order has recently been sent to prison.
▪ In this he was violating orders and breaking our plan of battle.
▪ We had been taken outside earlier that morning to watch as three soldiers were shot for violating the order against killing civilians.
▪ The department said the company violated a 1995 court order the government obtained to bar the company from anticompetitive licensing practices.
▪ Disclosure of the material would put anyone who violated the order in contempt of court.
policy
▪ The official reason was that I accepted a gift from a vendor, something which I was told violated company policy.
principle
▪ Do children really treat such pairs as synonyms and thus violate the principle of Contrast?
▪ Humane physician Benjamin Rush also thought that his presence would violate Protestant principles.
▪ Narrowness, however, is not Gray's way, and he cheerfully violates his own editorial principles.
▪ Gallagher understood that, whatever he did, he would violate his principles.
▪ It could not have been completely uniform, because that would violate the uncertainty principle of quantum theory.
▪ In the end, minimizing fails because it violates the principles of behavioral logic.
▪ Before the recent revision of Article 92, state-financed support measures, in whatever form, violated the principle of free competition.
▪ Nonconstitutional Regimes Almost every political system occasionally violates or ignores some principle in its constitution.
privacy
▪ Some one had violated the privacy of his lair.
▪ The Supreme Court agreed with the district court that the Texas abortion statutes violated her right of privacy.
▪ They said it also violates privacy rights by outlawing some expression within private e-mail correspondence between individuals.
regulation
▪ And around some schools you get a ticket for violating nonresident parking regulations and that amounts to $ 50.
▪ Garth was found guilty of violating a lawful general regulation, indecent assault and adultery, and using indecent language.
▪ Y., was not violating any regulation by operating without a windlass, officials said.
▪ In 1984 alone, the Pentagon suspended 453 other companies for violating procurement regulations.
right
▪ Nor because legal institutions intend to or will ever admit to violating human rights.
▪ The Supreme Court agreed with the district court that the Texas abortion statutes violated her right of privacy.
▪ He said the management's action violated the constitutional rights of the media in broadcasting news.
▪ Federal officials began to violate the civil rights laws in addition to refusing to enforce them.
▪ The state supreme court advised the governor that the law violated the First Amendment rights of teachers.
▪ They accused the law enforcement authorities of violating their civil rights by, among other things, fabricating evidence.
▪ The teachers argued that this prohibition violated their rights.
▪ The Supreme Court ruled in 1976 that mandatory limits on what candidates may spend violates free-speech rights.
rule
▪ They say they simply believe that Aldrich violated the rules by not obtaining full clearance for his manuscript.
▪ The ordinance, passed unanimously Tuesday, makes it either a misdemeanor or infraction to violate a park safety rule.
▪ So I guess the very nature of Magoo violates that rule.
▪ Doctors and insurance companies faced federal fines and prison time for violating the rules.
▪ The rule she violated is a dumb rule.
▪ In general, unprofessional conduct refers to any action that violates the rules or ethical code of the teaching profession.
▪ He has already violated the rules.
▪ Teachers can not be dismissed for insubordination unless they willfully and deliberately defy school authorities or violate reasonable school rules.
school
▪ Teachers can not be dismissed for insubordination unless they willfully and deliberately defy school authorities or violate reasonable school rules.
▪ Finally, teachers can not be dismissed for failing to follow school rules that violate their constitutional rights.
security
▪ Y., consented to permanent injunctions barring them from violating securities laws.
▪ He was charged with violating national security laws because of his membership in the Secret Association for Independence.
▪ In addition, Tesoro said it filed a counterclaim alleging that the shareholders' group has violated securities laws.
▪ No financial penalties were imposed, but the men were ordered not to violate securities laws in the future.
spirit
▪ To send a refugee to a country that he had not even heard of is to violate the spirit of the law.
▪ But the bottom line is that Woods violated the spirit of the agreement.
▪ But this turning inward would again violate the spirit of these schools.
standard
▪ Militants had also violated humanitarian standards with summary executions, kidnappings and assaults against civilians.
▪ Congress required this to improve air quality in cities whose air violates health standards.
▪ The proposal would violate new state standards which regulate Delta pumping.
▪ The air in El Paso is arguably the dirtiest in Texas, violating federal standards for ozone, carbon monoxide and particulates.
▪ He has dumped several party members for violating his personal moral standards.
state
▪ If so, the state measure might then violate the federal law, she suggested.
tax
▪ Dole was clearly trying to avoid the trap in which former President Bush found himself after violating the tax vow.
trade
▪ When a national industry is harmed by imports, governments can raise tariffs without violating trade agreement.
■ VERB
claim
▪ A local Republican party of official claimed the law violated equal protection and First Amendment principles.
▪ The principal claimed that this violated his constitutional rights.
▪ Students who wanted to distribute an underground paper, Tour de Farce, claimed that the guidelines violated their rights.
▪ Bowman, however, was transferred to a less desirable school; he sued, claiming that the transfer violated his rights.
▪ Indicted under the Espionage Act of 1917, he claimed that the act violated the First Amendment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Borden's actions violated a court order to stay away from his ex-wife.
▪ Police have arrested twenty people, accused of violating a ban on demonstrations.
▪ Protesters argue that their arrest violated their right to free speech.
▪ This action violated the constitution and the Civil Rights Act.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He was charged with violating national security laws because of his membership in the Secret Association for Independence.
▪ However, both the license and the right to use the Program terminate automatically if you violate any part of this Agreement.
▪ Like no other manner of death, homicide leaves survivors feeling profoundly violated.
▪ They accused the law enforcement authorities of violating their civil rights by, among other things, fabricating evidence.