violate en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ˈvaɪəˌleɪt/
Etymology
From Middle English violaten (“to defile, render impure”), from violat(e) (“defiled, desecrated”, also used as the past participle of violaten) + -en, borrowed from Latin violātus, perfect passive participle of violō (“to treat with violence (whether bodily or mental)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Ultimately from vīs (“strength, power, force, violence”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
Drinking-and-driving violates the law.
In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book.
2024 October 9, Hadas Gold, Liam Reilly and Brian Stelter, “Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout”, in CNN:Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.
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(transitive) To rape.
Bulgarian soldiers in the meantime entered Turkish houses, violated the women and girls and stole everything they could lay their hands on.
1914, “Report of the International Commission to Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars”, in Carnegie Report, Washington, DC: The Endowment:That Antonia whom you violated, was your Sister! That Elvira whom you murdered, gave you birth! Tremble, abandoned Hypocrite! Inhuman Parricide! Incestuous Ravisher!
1796, Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk:
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(slang, transitive) To cite (a person) for a parole violation.
Estela: Well, they'd take me to jail, I'd violate, and I go to prison. And maybe I get violated for six months, eight months . . . maybe 30 days, 60 days . . . You know, whatever the parole officer recommended for me, I got.
2014, Juanita Díaz-Cotto, Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice: Voices from El Barrio, page 165:If you don't have a job, you can't pay the money, then you get violated and have to go back to prison.
2009, Shakti Belway, Bearing Witness, page 12:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| violatedst | Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past | archaic | lexicographic |
| violateth | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | archaic | lexicographic |
| violating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| violate | Number=Plur, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| violate | VerbForm=Inf | lexicographic | |
| violate | Mood=Sub, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| violate | Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| violate | Mood=Imp, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| violate | Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| violates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| violated | Number=Plur, Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| violated | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| violated | Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| violated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| violated | Mood=Sub, Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| violated | Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| violated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| violatest | Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres | archaic | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
violatory · reviolate · violater · violatress · violative · violator
Relateds
violation · nonviolation · violable
Synonyms
abuse · r-word · dishonour · grape · defoul · violate · oppress · vitiate · turn out · viole · viole · constuprate · misuse · ravish · rape · defile · pollute · scotch · vitiate · ravish · outrage · ravage · force
Translations (101)
fi rikkoa (to break or fail to act by rules) · cmn 侵害 (to break or fail to act by rules) · ceb lipas (to break or fail to act by rules) · ro viola (to break or fail to act by rules) · mi tāpohe (to break or fail to act by rules) · yi מאנס זײַן (to rape) · hu megszeg (to break or fail to act by rules) · it violare (to break or fail to act by rules) · ja 侵す (to break or fail to act by rules) · es conculcar (to break or fail to act by rules) · mi hara (to break or fail to act by rules) · eo malrespekti (to break or fail to act by rules) · mi tāpohepohe (to break or fail to act by rules) · pt transgredir (to break or fail to act by rules) · ko 침해하다 (to break or fail to act by rules) · uk пору́шувати (to break or fail to act by rules) · hu megsért (to break or fail to act by rules) · pt violar (to break or fail to act by rules) · da overtræde (to break or fail to act by rules) · be пару́шыць (to break or fail to act by rules) · da krænke (to break or fail to act by rules) · es contravenir (to break or fail to act by rules) · yi פֿאַרגוואַלדיקן (to rape) · ja 違う (to break or fail to act by rules) · el παραβιάζω (to break or fail to act by rules) · uk пору́шити (to break or fail to act by rules) · kmr tecawiz kirin (to rape) · gl violar (to rape) · de verletzen (to break or fail to act by rules) · de überschreiten (to break or fail to act by rules) · mi pekehāwani (to break or fail to act by rules) · ceb lapas (to break or fail to act by rules) · ro încălca (to break or fail to act by rules) · te అతిక్రమించు (to break or fail to act by rules) · sk porušiť (to break or fail to act by rules) · de schänden (to rape) · bg изнасилвам (to rape) · yi פאַרלעצן (to break or fail to act by rules) · et rikkuma (to break or fail to act by rules) · ru изнасиловать (to rape) · be паруша́ць (to break or fail to act by rules) · de brechen (to break or fail to act by rules) · ka ლახავს (to break or fail to act by rules) · cmn 違反 /违反 (to break or fail to act by rules) · ka გაუპატიურება (to rape) · xdq чербулга́на (to break or fail to act by rules) · ka ბღალავს (to break or fail to act by rules) · kmr pêbend nebûn (to break or fail to act by rules) · ar اِنْتَهَكَ (to break or fail to act by rules) · mi takahi (to break or fail to act by rules) · ca violar (to rape) · fr transgresser (to break or fail to act by rules) · nl schenden (to rape) · ja 侵犯する (to break or fail to act by rules) · sv överträda (to break or fail to act by rules) · cmn 違犯 /违犯 (to break or fail to act by rules) · ka არღვევს (to break or fail to act by rules) · sl prekršiti (to break or fail to act by rules) · tl suwayin (to break or fail to act by rules) · de übertreten (to break or fail to act by rules) · de vergewaltigen (to rape) · fr violer (to break or fail to act by rules) · gl violar (to break or fail to act by rules) · es vulnerar (to break or fail to act by rules) · vi xâm phạm (to break or fail to act by rules) · bg наруша́ (to break or fail to act by rules) · io violacar (to break or fail to act by rules) · la violō (to break or fail to act by rules) · pl pogwałcać (to break or fail to act by rules) · es infringir (to break or fail to act by rules) · tl labagin (to break or fail to act by rules) · eo malobservi (to break or fail to act by rules) · uk гвалтува́ти (to rape) · ja 侵害する (to break or fail to act by rules) · cs porušit (to break or fail to act by rules) · fr violer (to rape) · ru нару́шить (to break or fail to act by rules) · yi שענדן (to rape) · mi koere (to rape) · pl naruszać (to break or fail to act by rules) · es violar (to break or fail to act by rules) · es violentar (to break or fail to act by rules) · it violare (to rape) · yi ברעכן (to break or fail to act by rules) · ja 違反する (to break or fail to act by rules) · tl sumuway (to break or fail to act by rules) · bg наруша́вам (to break or fail to act by rules) · mi hāparu (to break or fail to act by rules) · ca vulnerar (to break or fail to act by rules) · mi pā(w)hera (to rape) · es violar (to rape) · de missachten (to break or fail to act by rules) · nl schenden (to break or fail to act by rules) · kmr binpê kirin (to break or fail to act by rules) · sv kränka (to break or fail to act by rules) · yi עובר זײן (to break or fail to act by rules) · ru наруша́ть (to break or fail to act by rules) · de entehren (to rape) · ja 破る (to break or fail to act by rules) · tl lumabag (to break or fail to act by rules) · pt violar (to rape)