(~s, contravening, ~d)
To ~ 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 ~s criminal libel laws...
= break
VERB: V n
contravention (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