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violate

1 of 2

verb

vi·​o·​late ˈvī-ə-ˌlāt How to pronounce violate (audio)
violated; violating

transitive verb

1
: break, disregard
violate the law
2
: to do harm to the person or especially the chastity of
specifically : rape sense 1
3
: to fail to show proper respect for : profane
violate a shrine
4
: interrupt, disturb
violate the peace of a spring evening Nancy Larter
violative adjective
violator noun

violate

2 of 2

adjective

vi·​o·​late ˈvī-ə-lət How to pronounce violate (audio)
archaic
: subjected to violation

Example Sentences

Verb He was arrested for violating his parole. The company violated its customers' privacy. She was attacked and violated by an unknown intruder.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
The appellate court, however, went further, and noted that Villarreal did not even violate the statute. Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2022 For $250 million, the Tolkien estate has granted Amazon the right to tell stories in the Second Age, as long as these don’t violate the primary thrust of Arda’s history. Daniel Bessner, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2022 In February, the Ohio Department of Agriculture found the park did not violate state laws or department rules in its operation of the ride. Joey Morona, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2022 An administrative law judge ruled that the vertical merger between Illumina and Grail did not violate competition laws in a court challenge brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 In a May 25 letter, Mr. Corcoran laid out arguments for why Mr. Trump didn’t violate any criminal laws. Sadie Gurman, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 This week, Maryland’s highest court ruled in favor of student school board members, saying the position did not violate the state’s constitution, which bars minors from voting or from serving in public office. Moriah Balingit, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 Boeing would have to test for the contaminants in waterway outfalls for at least 12 storm events to ensure levels of pollutants would not violate federal water quality standards or background levels. Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022 But a federal district court in Washington granted requests from the Treasury Department and Ways and Means committee to toss out Trump's claims, finding lawmakers' 2021 request served a legislative purpose and did not violate the Constitution. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022
Adjective
Videos that do not clearly violate YouTube's polices -- that contain inflammatory religious or supremacist content -- will appear with a warning and will not be able to gain revenue with ads. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 19 June 2017 Monday, May 22Victim of violate domestic relations court order, 1500 block Montecito Road.Sunday, May 21Female, 38, Ramona Sentinel, 30 May 2017 On Friday, two government watchdog groups called for investigations into the payroll requests and stipend payments, which seemed to potentially violate state law related to knowingly offering false documents to government officials or agencies. Jesse Mckinley, New York Times, 12 May 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Latin violatus, past participle of violare, from viol- (as in violentus violent)

First Known Use

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of violate was in the 15th century

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