verb
definition
To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
example
Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.
definition
To rape.
definition
To cite (a person) for a parole violation.
Examples of violates in a Sentence
It covers any unwanted conduct which violates a person's dignity or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment.
Ben Kittridge admits that spamming violates traditional hacker ethics.
It therefore violates the guidelines set out in the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, and constitutes medical malpractice by the State.
This violates every precept of English law as well as natural justice.
This ecclesiasticism violates every principle of morality, and hardens the conscience that has to do with it.
When he violates this sacred trust, he not only profanes his entire cult but threatens the very fabric of international society.
French institutions and authorities usually claim that the scarf violates French secularism.
You register a domain name that, unbeknown to you, violates a trademark.
If the corporation fails to pay state taxes or otherwise violates state tax law.
In fact, it violates the lofty tenets of Islam.
This is illegal because it violates copyright law.
While parents may reject the idea of an autopsy because they feel it violates their infant's remains, it is often the only tool that can definitively rule out other potential causes of death.
Antisocial behavior is that which is verbally or physically harmful to other people, animals, or property, including behavior that severely violates social expectations for a given environment.
Secondly, some music is prohibited on Internet video sites such as YouTube if it violates copyright laws.
YouTube then reviews this content and removes it from the system, usually within minutes, if it violates YouTube's Terms of Use.
Employment practices liability coverage protects companies against claims that the company or its agents acted in a manner that violates the civil rights of employees or applicants.
Gosselin claims that the contract he and his family signed was unfair, violates child labor laws, and underpaid himself and his children.
If Death frees a mortal from the underworld, she violates a code even older than she is.