violator en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English violator, from Latin violātor. By surface analysis, violate + -or.
Meanings
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One who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender
The ordinance subjected any violator to a fine, to imprisonment for not more than six months, to community service, or to some combination of the three.
2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order:
- (euphemistic, literary) One who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender ▸ One who violates another person's body as through forced sexual activity
- In the publishing and packaging industries, a visual element that intentionally "violates" the underlying design, such as a starburst, color bar or "splat" on a product package or magazine cover intended to attract special attention.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| violater | alternative | lexicographic | |
| violators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (18)
mk нару́шувач (one who violates) · fr violateur (one who violates) · bg нарушител (one who violates) · fa خلافکار (one who violates) · mk нару́шител (one who violates) · de Täter (one who violates) · mk прекр́шител (one who violates) · fr violatrice (one who violates) · fa خاطی (one who violates) · de Verletzer (one who violates) · id pelanggar (one who violates) · de Übertreter (des Gesetzes) (one who violates) · xal эвдәч (one who violates) · ja 違反者 (one who violates) · fa متخلف (one who violates) · de Zuwiderhandelnder (one who violates) · ja 侵害者 (one who violates) · de Vergewaltiger (one who violates)