VIOLATE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com VIOLATE definition: to act against (a law, principle, promise, agreement, instruction, etc ); break, transgress, or fail to honor See examples of violate used in a sentence
VIOLATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If someone violates an agreement, law, or promise, they break it They went to prison because they violated the law [VERB noun] They violated the ceasefire agreement [VERB noun] If you violate someone's privacy or peace, you disturb it These men were violating her family's privacy [VERB noun]
Violate - definition of violate by The Free Dictionary 1 to break or infringe (a law, promise, instructions, etc ) 2 to disturb rudely: to violate someone's privacy 3 to assault sexually, esp to rape 4 to treat irreverently or disrespectfully; desecrate: to violate a church
violate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary violate (third-person singular simple present violates, present participle violating, simple past and past participle violated) (transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention)
violate - WordReference. com Dictionary of English Law to break or infringe (a law, a promise, instructions, etc ): to violate the law by stealing to break in upon or disturb rudely: to violate someone's privacy
violate | meaning of violate in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary . . . From Longman Business Dictionary vi‧o‧late ˈvaɪəleɪt verb [transitive] 1 to disobey a law or do something that is against an official agreement, rule etc The contractors violated the law by laying off workers without notice