VIOLATED Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

violated

verb

past tense of violate

as in broke

to fail to keep you've violated the company's rule against smoking within 30 feet of the building

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as in destroyed

to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect the invaders violated the temple by using it to stable their horses

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as in raped

to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent criminal statutes delineating acts that constitute violating another person

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Recent Examples of violated The judge argued that the panel violated the Constitution by effectively removing her from office despite life tenure protections and denied her due process. —

Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 June 2026 The Big 12 stresses that punishment of a school does not require the conference to determine if a student-athlete violated a rule, only that the athlete’s school is damaging. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 June 2026 The firm has denied mistreating animals, but a special prosecutor determined that Ridglan Farms was performing eye procedures that violated state veterinary standards. —

ABC News, 15 June 2026 Newman said the suspension violated her rights to due process and ran afoul of the constitutional provision giving Congress the power to remove federal judges through impeachment. —

Blake Brittain, USA Today, 15 June 2026 Robinson’s attorney, Richard Novak, argued comments made to several media outlets by Christopher Ballard, a Utah County Attorney’s Office spokesperson who is also a prosecutor on the case, violated a pretrial publicity order. —

Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 12 June 2026 The lawsuit, filed in 2020, alleges that Trader Joe's violated the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) by printing the first 10 digits of customers' credit and debit card numbers on its receipts—most credit cards have 16 digits. —

Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 8 June 2026 For most of these crashes, the database is also unclear on whether the drivers violated traffic laws. —

Willoughby Mariano, ProPublica, 8 June 2026 Welte granted the petition based on Ahmadi’s claim that the arrest had violated his Fifth Amendment right to procedural due process. —

Tasha Carvell, Twin Cities, 8 June 2026

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As the Knicks closed out the win, the celebration broke loose with fans high-fiving as chants rose up around them, Prokupecz said.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
Herrera and Jordan Walker had back-to-back home runs off reliever Justin Lawrence that broke a seventh-inning tie, and Jordan followed with a three-run shot against Travis Adams.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 June 2026