Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated: synonym: breach.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; interruption, as of sleep or peace; desecration; an act of irreverence; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred or venerable things: as, the violation of a church; infringement; transgression; non-observance: as, a violation of law.
  • noun Ravishment; rape.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.
  • noun Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc.
  • noun An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things.
  • noun Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.
  • noun Ravishment; rape; outrage.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an act that disregards an agreement or a right
  • noun a crime less serious than a felony
  • noun the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
  • noun a disrespectful act
  • noun entry to another's property without right or permission

Etymologies

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From French violation, from Latin violatio ("injury, profanation"), from violare ("violate")

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Examples

  • Springfield "could enforce the law, but could only stop a car to issue a citation" if the officer observes the violation ... or has reasonable grounds to believe that a violation& has been committed, is being committed or is about to be committed. "

    The Valley Advocate: News 2010

  • The phrase "violation of firm policies and procedures" suggests a range of potential conduct, so investors need to read the explanation and ask the adviser for more details.

    Digging Up Dirt. And Deciphering It. Suzanne Barlyn 2011

  • The exception applies when the police violate the Fourth Amendment but the violation is a sort of technicality — the kind of violation for which exclusion would be an extravagant remedy.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The Good Faith Exception and Changing Law: Misunderstanding “Good Faith” 2010

  • State-run KDB said Thursday it has invalidated the bid submitted by a Posco consortium, citing what it described as a violation of the "fairness and transparency" of the bidding process.

    Posco Blocked on Daewoo Bid 2008

  • UPMC asked Dr. Marcos to resign in early March for what it referred to as a violation of its code of conduct.

    Doing a Volume Business in Liver Transplants 2008

  • And on Friday, Barack Obama condemned what he called the violation of Georgia's sovereignty and called for an immediate cease-fire, insisting that, "... aggressive, diplomatic action must be taken to reach a political resolution to this crisis, and to assure that Georgia's sovereignty is protected."

    CNN Transcript Aug 11, 2008 2008

  • The foreign minister's letter to Kofi Annan requesting that the United Nations does something about what it calls a violation of its air space -- Fredricka.

    CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2002 2002

  • ACDP leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe said after the presentation the party would "use all options available to us" to contest what he described as a violation of its rights.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • A major Islamist party in Pakistan, Jamaat-e-Islami, called for mass protests on Friday against what it called a violation of sovereignty by the U.S. raid.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • Broadcast of the footage coincided with Iran's announcement that it had formally protested what it called the violation of Iranian airspace by the spy drone.

    NYT > Home Page By RICK GLADSTONE 2011

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