verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
breach/violate/contravene a code formal (= break one )
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Any companies breaching the code will be expelled from the Association.
break/violate a taboo
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He is willing to break the taboo about discussing the effects of large-scale immigration.
break/violate an agreement
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The UN accused the country's leaders of breaking international agreements.
break/violate sanctions (= send something to another country when this is not allowed )
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Several companies broke trade sanctions by continuing to export weapons to the country.
violate sb’s rights formal (= stop them doing something they have a right to do )
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Imprisoning the men without trial violated their rights.
violate the constitution (= do something that is against it )
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Such discrimination violates the constitution.
violate/break an oath (= do something you promised not to do )
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I do not expect you to violate your oath.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
act
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S., however, and it is those businesses that violate the act .
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They could violate the Wagner Act , and nothing would happen.
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And the penalty for violating the Wagner Act is... what, $ 3, 000 a crack?
action
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Walking that way enables one to photograph the trains in action without violating the railway.
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Registration and deposit are also necessary before a court can take certain actions against those who violate a copyright.
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He said the management's action violated the constitutional rights of the media in broadcasting news.
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Either action would violate the international agreement called the Missile Technology Control Regime.
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In general, unprofessional conduct refers to any action that violates the rules or ethical code of the teaching profession.
agreement
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By contrast, the United States had assisted traitors and reactionaries and had violated the Moscow agreement of December 1945.
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Republicans deny that Gingrich violated the agreement .
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Bridges logically points out that this would violate their agreement .
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The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality took the city to court for violating an agreement not to make any more sewer hookups.
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When a national industry is harmed by imports, governments can raise tariffs without violating trade agreement .
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Either action would violate the international agreement called the Missile Technology Control Regime.
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He had located the original registration of his company and thought it supported his position that the city had violated the agreement .
amendment
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The state supreme court advised the governor that the law violated the First Amendment rights of teachers.
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Thus such ceremonials do not violate the First Amendment unless the language used in them is unacceptable.
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Because of that conclusion, the appeals court did not address whether the association's recruiting rule violated the First Amendment .
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The flag nonsense violates First Amendment free speech protections.
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The law was challenged soon after it passed on grounds that it violated the First Amendment free-speech rights of state employees.
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Kay said the ruling violates the Fourteenth Amendment , and could affect landmark rulings on reproductive rights.
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Indicted under the Espionage Act of 1917, he claimed that the act violated the First Amendment .
bill
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A number of clauses were dropped after a parliamentary legal committee reported that sections of the bill violated the Constitution.
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He went on to argue that the bill violated fiscal discipline and would have destroyed jobs and undermined small businesses.
charge
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The 33-strong crew was arrested and the captain faced charges of violating international maritime law.
clause
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Some lawyers believed this act violated the establishment clause .
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The district court recognized that the Alabama statute violated the establishment clause as construed by the Supreme Court.
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Does a state law that requires the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance violate the establishment clause ?
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Spending federal funds to employ chaplains for the armed forces might be said to violate the Establishment Clause .
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Two of the dissenting justices further argued that the arrangement clearly violated the establishment clause .
code
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This violates the code , this goes against what you originally decided were your operational parameters.
company
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To impose fines of $ 1 million a day if the company continues to violate the settlement.
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G was not required to admit that Rely was defective or that the company violated any laws.
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The department said the company violated a 1995 court order the government obtained to bar the company from anticompetitive licensing practices.
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For the first time, the order will put companies that violate immigration law at risk of losing their federal contracts.
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In 1984 alone, the Pentagon suspended 453 other companies for violating procurement regulations.
constitution
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Estrada has been charged with bribery, corruption, violating the constitution and betraying the public trust.
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Gender discrimination violates the Constitution . 41.
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A number of clauses were dropped after a parliamentary legal committee reported that sections of the bill violated the Constitution .
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This self-serving political maneuver by the administration jeopardizes millions of pension dollars and violates the Constitution and federal law.
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Whether the state of Maryland may, without violating the constitution , tax that branch?
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Or rule on whether asset sales, user fees, mandates and flashes of congressional ingenuity yet undreamed of violate the Constitution ?
court
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The department said the company violated a 1995 court order the government obtained to bar the company from anticompetitive licensing practices.
establishment
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Some lawyers believed this act violated the establishment clause.
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The district court recognized that the Alabama statute violated the establishment clause as construed by the Supreme Court.
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Does a state law that requires the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance violate the establishment clause?
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Spending federal funds to employ chaplains for the armed forces might be said to violate the Establishment Clause.
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Two of the dissenting justices further argued that the arrangement clearly violated the establishment clause.
freedom
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Swilley then charged the board with violating his freedom of speech.
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Nobody is violating your freedom of religion.
law
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There is no reason to think that the laws of physics are violated in living matter.
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A local Republican party of official claimed the law violated equal protection and First Amendment principles.
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Attorney General William H.. Moody replied that no federal law had been violated .
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Thus the Sabbath laws had not been violated and work was completed on time.
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The state supreme court advised the governor that the law violated the First Amendment rights of teachers.
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They accused the law enforcement authorities of violating their civil rights by, among other things, fabricating evidence.
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I know of cases where the law has been violated by one jurisdiction shifting a leper into another.
maxim
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In either case we violate the maxim of brevity.
order
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One woman who violated an order has recently been sent to prison.
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In this he was violating orders and breaking our plan of battle.
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We had been taken outside earlier that morning to watch as three soldiers were shot for violating the order against killing civilians.
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The department said the company violated a 1995 court order the government obtained to bar the company from anticompetitive licensing practices.
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Disclosure of the material would put anyone who violated the order in contempt of court.
policy
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The official reason was that I accepted a gift from a vendor, something which I was told violated company policy .
principle
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Do children really treat such pairs as synonyms and thus violate the principle of Contrast?
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Humane physician Benjamin Rush also thought that his presence would violate Protestant principles .
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Narrowness, however, is not Gray's way, and he cheerfully violates his own editorial principles .
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Gallagher understood that, whatever he did, he would violate his principles .
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It could not have been completely uniform, because that would violate the uncertainty principle of quantum theory.
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In the end, minimizing fails because it violates the principles of behavioral logic.
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Before the recent revision of Article 92, state-financed support measures, in whatever form, violated the principle of free competition.
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Nonconstitutional Regimes Almost every political system occasionally violates or ignores some principle in its constitution.
privacy
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Some one had violated the privacy of his lair.
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The Supreme Court agreed with the district court that the Texas abortion statutes violated her right of privacy .
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They said it also violates privacy rights by outlawing some expression within private e-mail correspondence between individuals.
regulation
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And around some schools you get a ticket for violating nonresident parking regulations and that amounts to $ 50.
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Garth was found guilty of violating a lawful general regulation , indecent assault and adultery, and using indecent language.
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Y., was not violating any regulation by operating without a windlass, officials said.
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In 1984 alone, the Pentagon suspended 453 other companies for violating procurement regulations .
right
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Nor because legal institutions intend to or will ever admit to violating human rights .
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The Supreme Court agreed with the district court that the Texas abortion statutes violated her right of privacy.
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He said the management's action violated the constitutional rights of the media in broadcasting news.
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Federal officials began to violate the civil rights laws in addition to refusing to enforce them.
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The state supreme court advised the governor that the law violated the First Amendment rights of teachers.
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They accused the law enforcement authorities of violating their civil rights by, among other things, fabricating evidence.
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The teachers argued that this prohibition violated their rights .
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The Supreme Court ruled in 1976 that mandatory limits on what candidates may spend violates free-speech rights .
rule
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They say they simply believe that Aldrich violated the rules by not obtaining full clearance for his manuscript.
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The ordinance, passed unanimously Tuesday, makes it either a misdemeanor or infraction to violate a park safety rule .
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So I guess the very nature of Magoo violates that rule .
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Doctors and insurance companies faced federal fines and prison time for violating the rules .
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The rule she violated is a dumb rule.
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In general, unprofessional conduct refers to any action that violates the rules or ethical code of the teaching profession.
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He has already violated the rules .
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Teachers can not be dismissed for insubordination unless they willfully and deliberately defy school authorities or violate reasonable school rules .
school
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Teachers can not be dismissed for insubordination unless they willfully and deliberately defy school authorities or violate reasonable school rules.
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Finally, teachers can not be dismissed for failing to follow school rules that violate their constitutional rights.
security
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Y., consented to permanent injunctions barring them from violating securities laws.
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He was charged with violating national security laws because of his membership in the Secret Association for Independence.
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In addition, Tesoro said it filed a counterclaim alleging that the shareholders' group has violated securities laws.
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No financial penalties were imposed, but the men were ordered not to violate securities laws in the future.
spirit
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To send a refugee to a country that he had not even heard of is to violate the spirit of the law.
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But the bottom line is that Woods violated the spirit of the agreement.
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But this turning inward would again violate the spirit of these schools.
standard
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Militants had also violated humanitarian standards with summary executions, kidnappings and assaults against civilians.
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Congress required this to improve air quality in cities whose air violates health standards .
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The proposal would violate new state standards which regulate Delta pumping.
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The air in El Paso is arguably the dirtiest in Texas, violating federal standards for ozone, carbon monoxide and particulates.
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He has dumped several party members for violating his personal moral standards .
state
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If so, the state measure might then violate the federal law, she suggested.
tax
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Dole was clearly trying to avoid the trap in which former President Bush found himself after violating the tax vow.
trade
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When a national industry is harmed by imports, governments can raise tariffs without violating trade agreement.
■ VERB
claim
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A local Republican party of official claimed the law violated equal protection and First Amendment principles.
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The principal claimed that this violated his constitutional rights.
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Students who wanted to distribute an underground paper, Tour de Farce, claimed that the guidelines violated their rights.
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Bowman, however, was transferred to a less desirable school; he sued, claiming that the transfer violated his rights.
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Indicted under the Espionage Act of 1917, he claimed that the act violated the First Amendment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Borden's actions violated a court order to stay away from his ex-wife.
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Police have arrested twenty people, accused of violating a ban on demonstrations.
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Protesters argue that their arrest violated their right to free speech.
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This action violated the constitution and the Civil Rights Act.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was charged with violating national security laws because of his membership in the Secret Association for Independence.
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However, both the license and the right to use the Program terminate automatically if you violate any part of this Agreement.
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Like no other manner of death, homicide leaves survivors feeling profoundly violated.
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They accused the law enforcement authorities of violating their civil rights by, among other things, fabricating evidence.