transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒntrəvi:n ]
( contravenes, contravening, contravened)
To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule. ( FORMAL )
The Board has banned the film on the grounds that it contravenes criminal libel laws...
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VERB : V n
• contra‧ven‧tion
(contraventions)
The government has lent millions of pounds to debt-ridden banks in contravention of local banking laws.
N-VAR : oft in N of n