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as in offence
a breaking of a moral or legal code
in colonial times blasphemy was considered a serious civil violation that merited harsh punishment
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as in infringement
a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation
a military action that must be regarded as a violation of the treaty
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as in assault
the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse
war crimes include the violation of civilians
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Recent Examples of violation
Besides the inquiries into Mr. Trump, the FBI in recent years also investigated Mr. Biden’s handling of classified information as well as Mr. Biden’s son Hunter for tax and gun violations.
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Eric Tucker, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
The complaint by the labor board’s regional office in Minnesota says that the show committed several labor violations, including unlawful contractual terms related to confidentiality and noncompete provisions.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2024
In the spring of 2022, FDA investigators spent more than a month in that factory, documenting 17 violations that resulted in a warning letter for that plant as well.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
Aside from the death penalty, Lan has been handed two 20-year prison sentences for engaging in bribery and violation of lending regulations and she has been ordered to pay $27 million to compensate the bank impacted by the fraud.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Eric Tucker, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
The complaint by the labor board’s regional office in Minnesota says that the show committed several labor violations, including unlawful contractual terms related to confidentiality and noncompete provisions.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2024
In the spring of 2022, FDA investigators spent more than a month in that factory, documenting 17 violations that resulted in a warning letter for that plant as well.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
Aside from the death penalty, Lan has been handed two 20-year prison sentences for engaging in bribery and violation of lending regulations and she has been ordered to pay $27 million to compensate the bank impacted by the fraud.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for violation
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Image The New York Times Company has sued OpenAI for copyright infringement.Edmund Lee, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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Judge Aileen Cannon is requiring Taylor Swift to respond to the woman suing her for copyright infringement by Thursday.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.Jacky Wong, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.Reuters, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2023
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Vertical’s Jude Law 1970s crime thriller, The Order, is doing around $1M this weekend at 603 theaters with Briarcliff Entertainment’s Frank Grillo Werewolves seeing $1.2M at 1,351 sites.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
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The potent image-making and performative ferocity turns what could have been a crime thriller into a near-metaphysical showdown.Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Inform your financial institutions about the breach.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2024
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The parking payment app ParkMobile, which operates in Detroit and numerous other Michigan cities, has agreed to a $32.8 million settlement after a 2021 data breach exposed the information of more than 21 million users.Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2024
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Centrist Democrats are pro-choice, unequivocally in the case of rape and the health of the mother, but accept limitations at the point of fetal viability.Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 7 Dec. 2024
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Police say a Louisville cold case involving the rape of a 17-year-old girl in 2005 has been solved nearly two decades later with DNA testing.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
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Perhaps the biggest sin of them all, however, is just how absolutely dull and yawn-inducing Dune: Prophecy is.Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The sins of the Franks and their rulers had made the land fertile for Wiggo and his friends.Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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In that case, a judge dropped his felony charge to a misdemeanor, sentencing him to 113 days in jail, which was time already served, according to several news reports.Bethany Blankley | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
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Earlier this week, Wisconsin prosecutors filed 10 additional felony charges in their state case against Chesebro, another Trump attorney in the state in 2020 and Michael Roman, Trump’s director of Election Day operations in 2020 who is also charged in the Georgia case and has pleaded not guilty.Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Violation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violation. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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