transgress

It does its best to misbehave, transgressing between the real and the imaginary, between emotions dangerously raw and overcooked, breaking boundaries between what we call classical music and what we don’t.

“Already in that early school exercise, he was transgressing all the principles that we knew.”

“What the Israelis realized quickly was that, even as Israel was beginning to transgress the red lines, Hezbollah was sticking very studiously to the rules of engagement,” he said.

“Steps will also be taken against other learners who may have transgressed certain provisions within the code of conduct,” she added.

That was hardly a fringe view in the progressive ethos of the Bay Area, where he was based, though he still managed to transgress the boundaries on a regular basis.