noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ blatant , clear , flagrant , obvious
▪
The attack on civilians is a flagrant ~ of the peace agreement.
▪ egregious ( formal , esp. AmE ), grave , gross , major , massive , serious
▪ minor
▪ direct
▪
practices that are in direct ~ of the Geneva Conventions
▪ technical ( esp. AmE )
▪
a technical ~ of law
▪ systematic , wholesale ( esp. AmE ), widespread
▪ continued , repeated
▪ alleged
▪ civil liberties ( esp. AmE ), civil rights ( esp. AmE ), human rights
▪ privacy
▪ ethical ( esp. AmE )
▪ code , law , rule (all esp. AmE )
▪
He had been fined for building code ~s.
▪
arrests for drug law ~s
▪ criminal ( esp. AmE )
▪ drug ( AmE )
▪
Nearly 60% of all arrests are for drug ~s.
▪ traffic
▪ copyright , trademark
▪ parole , probation (both esp. AmE )
▪ immigration , visa (both esp. AmE )
▪ safety , security (both esp. AmE )
▪
fines for safety ~s
▪ antitrust ( AmE )
VERB + VIOLATION
▪ commit
▪
The army was accused of committing ~s against the accord.
▪ be , constitute
▪
This action constitutes a ~ of international law.
▪ report
▪ detect , find
▪ investigate
▪ ignore
▪ avoid , prevent
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~ of
▪
There is plenty of evidence that her actions were in ~ of an earlier contract.
▪ ~ against
▪
~s against minimum wage agreements