1
as in breaking
to fail to keep
you've violated the company's rule against smoking within 30 feet of the building
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2
as in destroying
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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3
as in raping
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 violating
In September, Nevada’s Bureau of Water Pollution Control fined the company nearly $250,000 for violating environmental regulations nearly 800 times in the last two years, including for spilling untreated groundwater onto public roads and not reporting it to authorities, ProPublica first reported.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Council President Joe LaCava simply gave a hand-slap to Surf Cup for violating the deed restrictions, granting it the right to continue with commercial use.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Daniel Curran, 34, is facing charges of battery on a person 65 years of age or older and violating a domestic violence injunction, according to the Broward Clerk of Courts’ website.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Baker had previously been charged with several misdemeanors, including charges of violating a protective-stay-away order and drug possession.
—Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
According to two people familiar with the situation, the company told the four staffers, including a senior fact checker at The New Yorker, a politics reporter for WIRED, a digital staffer at Bon Appétit, and a video staffer, that they were being fired for violating company policies.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission issued an alert in December 2024 warning against using fire pits that burn alcohol or liquid fuels due to the devices violating a voluntary safety standard.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
The city is considering changes to its rules that could see both commercial and residential customers get their water cut off for repeatedly violating the city’s irrigation ordinance.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2025
Court records state that on June 4, 2024, X suspended Plummer’s original account for violating its rules against violent speech.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Council President Joe LaCava simply gave a hand-slap to Surf Cup for violating the deed restrictions, granting it the right to continue with commercial use.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Daniel Curran, 34, is facing charges of battery on a person 65 years of age or older and violating a domestic violence injunction, according to the Broward Clerk of Courts’ website.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Baker had previously been charged with several misdemeanors, including charges of violating a protective-stay-away order and drug possession.
—Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
According to two people familiar with the situation, the company told the four staffers, including a senior fact checker at The New Yorker, a politics reporter for WIRED, a digital staffer at Bon Appétit, and a video staffer, that they were being fired for violating company policies.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission issued an alert in December 2024 warning against using fire pits that burn alcohol or liquid fuels due to the devices violating a voluntary safety standard.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
The city is considering changes to its rules that could see both commercial and residential customers get their water cut off for repeatedly violating the city’s irrigation ordinance.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2025
Court records state that on June 4, 2024, X suspended Plummer’s original account for violating its rules against violent speech.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for violating
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His most recent stop before Arkansas was in Baltimore, Maryland, as a night and breaking news editor.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
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But the breaking bagel news is that Dallas cult favorite Shug’s is in the early stage of planning a west Fort Worth bagel bakery and sandwich shop.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Nov. 2025
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And candidates who stoked fear in voters — with the threat of towering multi-family complexes destroying their communities or costly local infrastructure projects driving up taxes — lost by clear margins.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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Derek Lopez, 27, was fired from his role at the university after he was caught on camera destroying a Turning Point display.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Taylor Cadle, 22, alleged in a lawsuit that Polk County Sheriff's Office personnel, including Sheriff Grady Judd and investigator Melissa Turnage, accused her of lying to investigators, forcing her to write apology notes to her adoptive father who had been raping her for years.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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He was convicted of raping and killing a 6-year-old girl in 1979 after entering through a window and abducting her from her central Florida home.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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The 70-kilogram robots, capable of carrying up to 20 kilograms of supplies, were seen breaching obstacles and clearing a path for follow-on forces.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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Disney immediately sued YouTube for poaching him, and sued Connolly for breaching his contract.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
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Gonzalez-Rasalas was charged with murder, desecrating a body and auto theft in a gruesome 2023 Easter Sunday homicide.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Sep. 2025
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Martinez and Ruiz were present in court Wednesday and both have entered not guilty pleas to a federal charge of assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers.—
Omar Jimenez,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Dunn is charged with assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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In the years intervening, the poem has remained a lodestar, a contravening presence when, in present day America’s vituperative political landscape, the humanities disciplines and higher education itself has been forced to invoke and defend its own authority.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The problem comes when ideological casting choices begin to undermine the narrative, contravening Grisham’s famously effective structure and pacing.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Bloomberg | Getty Images Private equity fund managers are bracing for a wave of consolidation as investors demand higher returns and stronger governance, forcing a shakeout in an overcrowded industry, several industry veterans said at a high-level finance summit in Hong Kong on Tuesday.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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The reductions announced on Wednesday could cause even more disruption, forcing airlines to cancel or reschedule thousands of flights per day.—
Joel Rose,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Violating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violating. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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