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present participle of violate.

violating

ADJECTIVE

illegal

Synonyms

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banned criminal illegitimate illicit irregular outlawed prohibited smuggled unauthorized unconstitutional unlawful unlicensed unwarranted wrongful

WEAK

actionable black-market bootleg contraband crooked extralegal felonious forbidden heavy hot interdicted lawless not approved not legal outside the law proscribed prosecutable racket shady sub-rosa taboo under-the-table unofficial unwarrantable verboten wildcat

Antonyms

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authorized blessed ethical good justifiable lawful legal legitimate moral permitted right warranted

WEAK

allowed permissible

ADJECTIVE

outlawed

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banned prohibited

STRONG

bootleg crooked forbidden interdicted proscribed racket smuggled taboo

WEAK

actionable black-market contraband criminal extralegal felonious heavy hot illegitimate illicit irregular lawless not approved not legal outside the law prosecutable shady sub-rosa unauthorized unconstitutional under-the-table unlawful unlicensed unofficial unwarrantable unwarranted verboten wildcat wrongful

Antonyms

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allowed

ADJECTIVE

sacrilegious

Synonyms

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blasphemous indecent obscene sinful

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atheistic desecrating dirty filthy foul godless heathen impious infidel irreligious irreverent irreverential pagan ungodly unhallowed unholy

Antonyms

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clean decent moral pure upright

ADJECTIVE

unconstitutional

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illegitimate unlawful wrongful

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against the law banned criminal felonious forbidden illicit lawless not legal outlawed prohibited prosecutable unauthorized

Antonyms

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authorized ethical legal

NOUN

violation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abuse contravention encroachment infraction infringement misdemeanor negligence offense transgression

STRONG

break breaking illegality misbehavior nonobservance rupture trespass wrong

WEAK

transgressing trespassing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

obedience

WEAK

observance

Example Sentences

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Binance pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating U.S. anti-money laundering laws and Iran sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

"That's not just violating your privacy, it's violating your feeling of safety, your children's feeling of safety," said PC Keith Terrill, a specialist stalking investigator at Cheshire Police.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they were taking measures to control traffic in the strait and that vessels violating those measures would be dealt with more firmly than before.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

Lane said the extreme isolation is unconstitutional, violating the 8th Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

It was a dangerous way to live, far more dangerous than violating laws or ethical codes of conduct; but the danger was for me and me alone.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

violating

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