0 past simple and past participle of violate
1 to break or act against something, especially a law, agreement, principle, or something that should be treated with respect:
It seems that the troops deliberately violated the ceasefire agreement.
The doctor has been accused of violating professional ethics.
The fishermen claimed that ships from another country had violated their territorial waters.
Questions of this kind violate my privacy and I am not willing to answer them.
She said that she had been treated so roughly by the hospital staff that she felt violated.
The courts struck down local segregation laws because they violated the federal constitution.
Such behaviour violates all the rules of a civilized society.
Since the assumption of constant effective population sizes is clearly violated in two of the species, the t estimates are probably not precise.
It clearly is not ensured (indeed it is violated) if one is strictly preferred to the other.
Thus, a primary maltreatment subtype designation was made based on the degree to which the form of maltreatment violated cultural standards.
