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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
An internal review conducted by the Aurora Police Department, which included Aurora’s independent consent decree monitor, determined that Dieck had not violated department policy.
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 25 May 2026
OpenAI filed its first formal legal response to the Raine lawsuit in November 2025, denying responsibility and arguing the teen had violated the terms of service.
—Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Both the actions violated Zaczkowski's constitutional rights to free speech, argued Zaczkowski's attorney, Andy McNulty, in the complaint.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 24 May 2026
The owner of Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall is asking a federal judge for immediate release from ICE custody, arguing the agency violated his rights by leaving him in Orange County jail a week after his immigration hold was supposed to lapse.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
Local officials who are found to have violated the law are subject to removal from office.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
Court documents say Rice violated their terms of the probation stemming from his involvement in a six-vehicle crash that occurred on March 30, 2024 after testing positive for THC.
—Pete Sweeney
may 22, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
For instance, Loevy represented two people arrested in 2005 and subjected to strip searches at the Cook County Jail, contending that the strip-search procedures violated their constitutional rights.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
Cuban officials defended the attack, claiming the planes repeatedly violated Cuban airspace and threatened their sovereignty.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 25 May 2026
OpenAI filed its first formal legal response to the Raine lawsuit in November 2025, denying responsibility and arguing the teen had violated the terms of service.
—Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Both the actions violated Zaczkowski's constitutional rights to free speech, argued Zaczkowski's attorney, Andy McNulty, in the complaint.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 24 May 2026
The owner of Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall is asking a federal judge for immediate release from ICE custody, arguing the agency violated his rights by leaving him in Orange County jail a week after his immigration hold was supposed to lapse.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
Local officials who are found to have violated the law are subject to removal from office.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
Court documents say Rice violated their terms of the probation stemming from his involvement in a six-vehicle crash that occurred on March 30, 2024 after testing positive for THC.
—Pete Sweeney
may 22, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
For instance, Loevy represented two people arrested in 2005 and subjected to strip searches at the Cook County Jail, contending that the strip-search procedures violated their constitutional rights.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
Cuban officials defended the attack, claiming the planes repeatedly violated Cuban airspace and threatened their sovereignty.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for violated
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The team also broke the NCAA single-season team run record with 651.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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The Timberwolves broke the game open in the fourth inning with a RBI single by Keith and a 3-run home run by Chen to give Northwood a 9-2 lead.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
24 May 2026
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The Santa Rosa Island Fire, which was reported on May 15, has surpassed 10,000 acres and destroyed two historic structures, according to authorities.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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Forecasters said mobile homes may be damaged or destroyed, the weather service said.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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Four decades after a young woman was raped and murdered, a man has been linked to the crime through DNA and is under arrest, according to Virginia Beach, Virginia, police.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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Previously someone put drugs in her drink at a party and then raped her.—
Anna Rinderspacher,
Glamour,
20 May 2026
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But The Label Isn't In the representative scenario, a clinical platform provider is breached.—
Maman Ibrahim,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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On April 24, the water main was breached when cement slurry mix came into contact with the water main near Bonita Avenue and Cuesta Drive.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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Javien Wright, the man whose grave was desecrated, was, with a gun by his side, shot to death outside a house in the 1500 block of East Mulkey Street in February 2020.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2026
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More synagogues in Canada in the past 28 months have been desecrated, burned, shot at, or threatened with bombings than in any other country.—
Jesse Brown,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2026
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During the original 2014 outbreak, fear and distrust became so severe in parts of Guinea that healthcare teams were attacked, Red Cross burial teams were assaulted, and Ebola education workers were murdered.—
Steve Brozak,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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By the afternoon of April 10, one week after Aldis said she was assaulted, a total of seven additional women reported to police that they were assaulted or molested by Borger during a massage.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 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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And earlier this month, Russia prompted outrage by installing an exhibit that some commentators said defiled the Katyn Memorial, the site of the mass execution of Polish POWs by the Soviets in 1940.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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Among the false claims Energy Transfer alleged Greenpeace had spread was that the energy company defiled Native American cultural boundaries.—
Mark Curriden,
Dallas Morning News,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Violated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violated. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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