Definitions
To break a rule, law, agreement, or boundary.
Word origin
From Middle English violaten (“to defile, render impure”), from violat(e) (“defiled, desecrated”, also used as the past participle of violaten) + -en, borrowed from Latin violātus, perfect passive participle of violō (“to treat with violence (whether bodily or mental)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Ultimately from vīs (“strength, power, force, violence”).
Used in a sentence
“Drinking-and-driving violates the law.”
“Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.”
“That Antonia whom you violated, was your Sister! That Elvira whom you murdered, gave you birth! Tremble, abandoned Hypocrite! Inhuman Parricide! Incestuous Ravisher!”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Break a rule”7 letters
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