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violates

7 definitions • 12 examples
1
to break or act against something, especially a law, agreement, principle, or something that should be treated with respect:

Examples:

They were charged with violating federal law.
It seems that the troops deliberately violated the ceasefire agreement.
2
to go, especially forcefully, into a place or situation which should be treated with respect and in which you are not wanted or not expected to be:

Examples:

The fishermen claimed that ships from another country had violated their territorial waters.
Questions of this kind violate my privacy and I am not willing to answer them.
3
to rape someone:

Examples:

She said that she had been treated so roughly by the hospital staff that she felt violated.
4
to break or act against something such as a law, agreement, or principle, or to not respect something that should be treated with respect:

Examples:

The planes appear to have deliberately violated the cease-fire agreement.
5
A person who violates a place or situation goes where he or she is not wanted or does something the person should not do:

Examples:

Questions of this kind violate my privacy.
6
to break a law, agreement, rule etc.:

Examples:

They were charged with violating federal law.
7
to act in a way that does not show respect for an important principle:

Examples:

Questions of this kind violate my privacy, and I am not willing to answer them.
It is important that we do not violate the customer's trust.

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