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as in broke
to fail to keep
you've violated the company's rule against smoking within 30 feet of the building
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as in destroyed
to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect
the invaders violated the temple by using it to stable their horses
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as in raped
to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent
criminal statutes delineating acts that constitute violating another person
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Recent Examples of violated
UMass Amherst likely violated a student’s First Amendment rights when the campus suspended the pro-Palestine protester for a year, a judge has ruled.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
As a result, the plaintiffs argued, the administration also violated the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 by failing to consider the harmful environmental impacts of the project.
—Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
As a result, the plaintiffs argued, the administration of also violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to consider the harmful environmental impacts of the project.
—Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
In recent years, parents have increasingly resorted to filing complaints with the state, alleging that their school districts violated federal disability law.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 13 Feb. 2026
Such nuance appears to have violated the more patriotic version of history that the government seeks to instill.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
The judge did not weigh in on all of Kelly’s claims, such as whether the Pentagon’s actions violated his rights under the Speech or Debate Clause.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 13 Feb. 2026
The family of a DeKalb County man who died after being restrained on his stomach by police said in a federal lawsuit this week that his civil rights were violated and demanded better training for law enforcement.
—Samantha Hogan, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
At least the Pacers violated a rule.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
As a result, the plaintiffs argued, the administration also violated the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 by failing to consider the harmful environmental impacts of the project.
—Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
As a result, the plaintiffs argued, the administration of also violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to consider the harmful environmental impacts of the project.
—Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
In recent years, parents have increasingly resorted to filing complaints with the state, alleging that their school districts violated federal disability law.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 13 Feb. 2026
Such nuance appears to have violated the more patriotic version of history that the government seeks to instill.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
The judge did not weigh in on all of Kelly’s claims, such as whether the Pentagon’s actions violated his rights under the Speech or Debate Clause.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 13 Feb. 2026
The family of a DeKalb County man who died after being restrained on his stomach by police said in a federal lawsuit this week that his civil rights were violated and demanded better training for law enforcement.
—Samantha Hogan, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
At least the Pacers violated a rule.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for violated
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On February 10, after notching a silver in the men’s classic sprint, Ogden–six feet tall and lanky, with a bushy mustache–broke the solemnity of the medals ceremony.—
Bill Donahue,
Outside,
14 Feb. 2026
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In Friday’s round-robin game, Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson suggested that Canada’s Marc Kennedy broke the rules by touching the curling stone after it was released.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 Feb. 2026
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Hefner said the photos should be destroyed.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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And in the late 1980s, after Little Saigon found official recognition, freeway and street signs directing people to the community were frequently defaced and destroyed in disapproval, Hua said.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
17 Feb. 2026
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To sum up the series finale’s key moments, in the college timeline, Bree (Cat Missal), in a rage of anger after finding out that Lucy (Grace Van Patten) was the person Evan (Branden Cook) had cheated with, releases the tape of Lucy admitting to lying about being raped.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
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She was repeatedly raped and forced to carry two of Phillip’s children.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Feb. 2026
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Another breached completely vertical out of the water with the pink and orange morning sky behind it.—
Rachel Roberts,
Idaho Statesman,
14 Feb. 2026
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Discord revealed in October that hackers had breached a third-party service provider, compromising the data of up to 70,000 accounts.—
John Tufts,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Feb. 2026
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Officials determined that a total of 26 underground vaults and mausoleums were broken into or desecrated from November 2025 until the day Gerlach was caught.—
Alexandra Simon,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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In 1993, White Supremacists in Billings desecrated a Jewish cemetery, sent bomb threats to a synagogue and threw a brick at a menorah in the window of a five-year-old Jewish boy.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
16 Dec. 2025
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Available video evidence did not support the ICE officer's account of being assaulted with a broom and snow shovel.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Available video evidence did not support the officer’s account of being assaulted with a broom and shovel.—
Hannah Schoenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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The Kremlin denied Russia's tests of the Burevestnik missile at a nuclear facility contravened nuclear weapons testing regulations.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Villa contravened these restrictions last season, time and time again.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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As a state legislator, Lincoln stood against slave catchers backed by the federal government who defiled our state’s laws and terrorized our most vulnerable.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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The work of love, and the question of what happens when love is absent or defiled, became a central preoccupation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Violated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violated. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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