in contravention of

idiom

formal
: in a way not allowed by (a law, rule, contract, etc.) : in violation of
He cut off trade with the country in contravention of their treaty.

Examples of in contravention of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Kovrig said he was held in complete isolation in a cell under fluorescent lights for six months, in contravention of UN standards. Lex Harvey, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024 International human rights organizations had gathered evidence that police and other paramilitary forces used AK-47 assault rifles to disperse protesters, in contravention of the Geneva Conventions, to which Bangladesh is a signatory. Ali Riaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2024 The soldiers, all members of a combat engineering unit, were in an armored carrier that was hit by an explosion that detonated engineering materials being carried on the vehicle, apparently in contravention of standard practice, the military said. James MacKenzie and Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 15 June 2024 And yet, according to a recent report in The New York Times, Vietnam may be negotiating a secret deal with Russia for additional military arms, possibly in contravention of Washington’s Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. Derek Grossman, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for in contravention of 

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“In contravention of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20contravention%20of. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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