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
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
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
violare, infrangere, non osservare, contravvenire a, trasgredire