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- verb Present participle of
contravene . (to actcontrary or todeny something.)
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Examples
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What it did: Let councils enforce (and keep income from) parking and moving traffic offences such as contravening banned turns and blocking box junctions.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Again, I am not trying to advocate the practice, but in truth the FBI is not "contravening" anything because they are quite simply not subject to the laws of the European Union.
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The letter accuses the 70-year-old Yunus of contravening government rules that require retirement at age 60.
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Another passage speaks to Sobek's contravening powers...women would use the dung of crocodiles as contraceptives.
Richard Bangs: Quest for the Lord of the Nile Richard Bangs 2011
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The letter accuses the 70-year-old Yunus of contravening government rules that require retirement at age 60.
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China subsidizes contravening its own WTO treaties its industries in ways ranging from cheap credit to free land.
Ian Fletcher: Why Libertarians Are Wrong on Free Trade Ian Fletcher 2011
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China subsidizes contravening its own WTO treaties its industries in ways ranging from cheap credit to free land.
Ian Fletcher: Why Libertarians Are Wrong on Free Trade Ian Fletcher 2011
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Another passage speaks to Sobek's contravening powers...women would use the dung of crocodiles as contraceptives.
Richard Bangs: Quest for the Lord of the Nile Richard Bangs 2011
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China subsidizes contravening its own WTO treaties its industries in ways ranging from cheap credit to free land.
Ian Fletcher: Why Libertarians Are Wrong on Free Trade Ian Fletcher 2011
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China subsidizes contravening its own WTO treaties its industries in ways ranging from cheap credit to free land.
Ian Fletcher: Why Libertarians Are Wrong on Free Trade Ian Fletcher 2011
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