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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
violate
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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Violate

Violate \Vi"o*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Violates; p. pr. & vb. n. Violating.] [L. violatus, p. p. of violare to violate, fr. vis strength, force. See Violent.]

  1. To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.

    His wife Boadicea violated with stripes, his daughters with rape.
    --Milton.

  2. To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe.

    Violated vows 'Twixt the souls of friend and friend.
    --Shak.

    Oft have they violated The temple, oft the law, with foul affronts.
    --Milton.

  3. To disturb; to interrupt. ``Employed, it seems, to violate sleep.''
    --Milton.

  4. To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.

    Syn: To injure; disturb; interrupt; infringe; transgress; profane; deflour; debauch; dishonor.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
violate

early 15c., "to break" (an oath, etc.), from Latin violatus, past participle of violare "treat with violence, dishonor, outrage" (see violation). Sense of "ravish" is first recorded mid-15c. Related: Violated; violating.

Wiktionary
violate

vb. 1 (cx sometimes computing English) To break, disregard, disagree or not act according to (rules, conventions, etc.). 2 To rape.

WordNet
violate
  1. v. fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax" [syn: go against, break] [ant: conform to]

  2. act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law" [syn: transgress, offend, infract, go against, breach, break]

  3. destroy; "Don't violate my garden"; "violate my privacy"

  4. violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God" [syn: desecrate, profane, outrage]

  5. force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night" [syn: rape, ravish, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage]

  6. destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" [syn: rape, spoil, despoil, plunder]

Usage examples of "violate".

The baying was very faint now, and it ceased altogether as I approached the ancient grave I had once violated, and frightened away an abnormally large horde of bats which had been hovering curiously around it.

These fugitives, who fled before the Turkish arms, passed the Tanais and Borysthenes, and boldly advanced into the heart of Poland and Germany, violating the law of nations, and abusing the rights of victory.

I think proper here to acquaint them, that before she had quitted the room above stairs, she had so well covered herself with a pillowbeer which she there found, that her regard to decency was not in the least violated by the presence of so many men as were now in the room.

An order enjoining certain steam railroads from discriminating against an electric railroad by denying it reciprocal switching privileges did not violate the Fifth Amendment even though its practical effect was to admit the electric road to a part of the business being adequately handled by the steam roads.

The article practically accused the Grand Dame Alpha of violating clan trust to pull strings for her granddaughter.

The Court sustained the injunction against the objection that it violated freedom of the press, holding that appellant was guilty of attempting to monopolize interstate commerce.

No king of Spain had ever yet been found to dare violate the constitution and the fueros of Aragon, the independence of their cortes, or parliament, composed of the four orders of the State.

Nor was the contracts clause violated by State legislation authorizing State control over insolvent communities through a Municipal Finance Commission.

This splendid triumph was soon clouded by the intelligence, that Gundobald had violated his recent obligations, and that the unfortunate Godegesil, who was left at Vienna with a garrison of five thousand Franks, had been besieged, surprised, and massacred by his inhuman brother.

Then I violated the Bilateral Accord by interfering in idomeni affairs.

If, therefore, with a view to violate such blockade, a vessel shall approach or shall attempt to leave either of the said ports, she will be duly warned by the commander of one of the blockading vessels, who will indorse on her register the fact and date of such warning, and if the same vessel shall again attempt to enter or leave the blockaded port, she will be captured and sent to the nearest convenient port, for such proceedings against her and her cargo, as prize, as may be deemed advisable.

I can tell you, however, that the gifts are so important to our lives that if the child is not christened, you may find that inadvertently it will be you and your firm who violate the terms of the agreement.

Medic, the machines which looked inside and through her, the feeling of being completely depersonalized, her body a machine among other machines, violated.

Just as he was considering violating etiquette by suggesting that the Princess allow the bowman out front, Van Duyn dismounted and, taking his rifle in hand, walked over to stand near her.

For this reason the educator should at least not violate the general principles governing all mental activity.