violate
Verb
Verb Forms: violated, violating, violates
- To break or disregard a rule, agreement, or principle.
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- "violate the basic laws or human civilization"
- destroy
- "Don't violate my garden"
- "violate my privacy"
- violate the sacred character of a place or language
- "violate the sanctity of the church"
- force (someone) to have sex against their will
- destroy and strip of its possession
- To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
- To rape.
- To cite (a person) for a parole violation.
Examples
- Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.
- Drinking-and-driving violates the law.
- To violate the rules by challenging a valid word is a common Scrabble faux pas.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
assault, breach, break, desecrate, despoil, dishonor, dishonour, go against, infract, offend, outrage, plunder, profane, rape, ravish, spoil, transgress
Scrabble Score: 10
violate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordviolate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
violate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary