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present participle of violate.

violating

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illegal adj.
outlawed adj.
sacrilegious adj.
unconstitutional adj.
violation n.

ADJECTIVE

illegal

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

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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

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

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allowed permissible

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outlawed

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banned prohibited

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bootleg crooked forbidden interdicted proscribed racket smuggled taboo

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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

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allowed

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sacrilegious

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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

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clean decent moral pure upright

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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

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authorized ethical legal

NOUN

violation

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abuse contravention encroachment infraction infringement misdemeanor negligence offense transgression

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break breaking illegality misbehavior nonobservance rupture trespass wrong

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transgressing trespassing

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obedience

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observance

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Both blame one another for violating a 2022 deal that ended a two-year civil war.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The lawsuit alleged LaBeouf accused Barnett of breaching their settlement agreement by violating its nondisclosure provisions after she gave an interview to the Hollywood Reporter that was published in October 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

D2 accused her of violating a non-compete and said she owed $14,327.50 of her earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

"We have parted ways with three individuals for violating our policies on accessing and handling sensitive company information," OpenAI's spokesperson said.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

I knew that I was violating regulations, but I hoped the warders would be so surprised by the novelty of my action that they would do nothing to stop me.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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