to violate

Definition of to violate in English English dictionary: To rape; {v} to injure, hurt, infringe, ravish, deflour; to break, disregard, disagree or not act according to (rules, conventions, etc.); If someone violates an agreement, law, or promise, they break it. They went to prison because they violated the law = break + violation violations vio·la·tion To deprive the boy of his education is a violation of state law He was in violation of his contract. + violator violators vio·la·tor a government which is a known violator of human rights; To disturb; to interrupt; destroy; "Don't violate my garden"; "violate my privacy"; {f} transgress, break (a law); desecrate; attack or disturb violently; rape; To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe; destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"; destroy; "Don't violate my garden"; "violate my privacy" fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax; To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage; To treat in a violent manner; to abuse; violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"; act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"; fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax; If someone violates a special place, for example a grave, they damage it or treat it with disrespect. Detectives are still searching for those who violated the graveyard. = desecrate + violation vio·la·tion The violation of the graves is not the first such incident; fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"; If you violate someone's privacy or peace, you disturb it. These men were violating her family's privacy