violation

disobey, violate, infringe; shirk; set at defiance (defy); set authority at naught, run riot, fly in the face of; take the law into one's own hands; kick over the traces., turn restive, run restive; champ the bit; strike (resist); rise, rise in arms; secede; mutiny, rebel.

oppose, counteract, run counter to; withstand (resist); control (restrain); hinder; antagonize, oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of; set against, pit against; face, confront, cope with; make a stand, make a dead set against; set oneself against, set one's face against; protest against, vote against, raise one's voice against; disfavor, turn one's back upon; set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face., be at cross purposes; play at cross purposes; counterwork, countermine; thwart, overthwart., stem, breast, encounter; stem the tide, breast the tide, stem the current, stem the flood; buffet the waves; beat up against, make head against; grapple with; kick against the pricks (resist); contend; do battle with (warfare), do battle against., contradict, contravene; belie; go against, run against, beat against, militate against; come in conflict with., emulate (compete); rival, spoil one's trade.

be wrong; cry to heaven for vengeance., do wrong; be inequitable; favor, lean towards; encroach upon, impose upon; reap where one has not sown; give an inch and take an ell; rob Peter to pay Paul.

offend against the law; violate the law; set the law at defiance, ride roughshod over, drive a coach and six through a statute; make the law a dead letter, take the law into one's own hands., smuggle, run, poach.