contravention

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The registration number he entered into the machine did not match the registration number captured by the cameras, so he was sent a PCN asking him to pay £100 for a "contravention".

From BBC

Just a few years ago, the sight of so many Iranian women in sports gear participating in such a mass public event – even if segregated from male participants – would have been seen as a contravention.

From BBC

Wealden District Council, the local authority, previously passed a motion formally opposing it and said it had served a planning contravention notice against the Home Office.

From BBC

Wealden District Council, the local authority, passed a motion formally opposing the government proposal on Wednesday and said it had served a planning contravention notice against the Home Office.

From BBC

Immergut asked the lawyer for the federal government on Sunday, saying she saw the moves to send troops from California and Texas as a “direct contravention of the order that this court issued yesterday.”

From The Wall Street Journal