(~s, violating, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If someone ~s an agreement, law, or promise, they break it. (FORMAL)
They went to prison because they ~d the law...
= break
VERB: V n
violation (violations)
To deprive the boy of his education is a violation of state law...
He was in violation of his contract.
N-VAR: usu N of n
violator (violators)
...a government which is a known violator of human rights.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ someone’s privacy or peace, you disturb it. (FORMAL)
These men were violating her family’s privacy.
VERB: V n
3.
If someone ~s a special place, for example a grave, they damage it or treat it with disrespect.
Detectives are still searching for those who ~d the graveyard.
= desecrate
VERB: V n
violation
The violation of the graves is not the first such incident.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n