VIOLATIONS Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

violations

noun

plural of violation

as in crimes

a breaking of a moral or legal code in colonial times blasphemy was considered a serious civil violation that merited harsh punishment

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as in infringements

a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation a military action that must be regarded as a violation of the treaty

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as in rapes

the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse war crimes include the violation of civilians

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Recent Examples of violations Matthew Unglesbee, a 36-year-old resident of Quincy in southwestern Illinois, was charged with violations related to false information and hoaxes and mailing threatening communications. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026 Although the cameras aren’t yet issuing official tickets — the program must undergo a 60-day warning period in November — preliminary testing data captured 100,000 speeding violations over the course of nine days last month. — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026 All of the international humanitarian law violations that have been the subject of international law claims were ordered by humans. — Kylie Jones, Vox, 25 Oct. 2026 Any further code of conduct violations would result in further disciplinary action, the letter said. — Brittany Shammas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026 Trade unions criticized the bans, calling them violations of freedom of expression, which is protected by the constitution. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Trade unions have criticized the bans, calling them violations of freedom of expression, which is protected by the constitution. — Richard Engel, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026 And unlike state authorities who can be sued for civil rights violations in state courts, federal law enforcement authorities are generally shielded from such lawsuits based on legal precedents. — Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026 Civil rights organizations have found that police have used minor non-moving violations such as window tinting to disproportionately search Black and brown motorists for warrants, weapons and drugs. — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Comparing the administration's fight to protect women and women's spaces from males to rape, is utterly disgusting and actually devalues those atrocities and crimes against actual women.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
McKinney touts the city attorney’s prosecutor role as a means to stem quality-of-life crimes and curb homelessness.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of crimes

Noun

In April, the Actors Committee of the China Federation of Radio and Television Associations released a statement condemning such infringements and asserted that AI platforms needed to comply with the laws and strengthen their compliance rules.

— Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
To complete the drama, England finished with 13, Argentina with 15 when Henry Pollock was sent to the sin-bin over team infringements and Emmanuel Iyogun, on debut, for cynical offending.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

Definition of infringements

Noun

Dowd Hall shows how the ASWPL destroyed the notion of white Southern chivalry, as the women flatly denied that lynchings were because of the rapes of white women.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Administration officials say third-country deportations are the only way to remove the most difficult-to-deport immigrants, including violent criminals who have committed rapes and murders.

— Julian Mark, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of rapes

Noun

Lamb, who was once floated for the service’s top job, treats his current position as a kind of penance for past sins, both for himself and for his underlings.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
In what might be Warner’s only good decision this year, the studio is atoning for its censorship sins by releasing a 4K restoration of the director’s original cut across cinemas.

— Juan A. Ramírez, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of sins

Noun

Assaults are up, almost 2,500 assaults this year alone on police officers, felony assaults, and public servants in New York City.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Kansas City also ranked 176th in the assaults per capita metric, the fourth-lowest city in the metric.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026

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