violate

tr.v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example).
2. To assault (a person) sexually.
3. To do harm to (property or qualities considered sacred); desecrate or defile.
4. To disturb rudely or improperly; interrupt: violated our privacy.

[Middle English violaten, from Latin violāre, violāt-, from vīs, vi-, force.]

violative vi'o·la'tive adj.
violator vi'o·la'tor n.

verb

1. To fail to fulfill (a promise) or conform to (a regulation): breach, break, contravene, infringe, transgress. See do/not do.
2. To refuse or fail to obey: break, defy, disobey, flout, transgress. Idioms: pay no attention to. See resist/yield.
3. To compel (another) to participate in or submit to a sexual act: assault, force, rape, ravish. See sex/asexual.
4. To deprive of virginity: defile, deflower. See sex/asexual.
5. To spoil or mar the sanctity of: defile, desecrate, pollute, profane. See clean/dirty, religion, sacred/profane.

v

Definition: break a law, agreement
Antonyms: obey, observe

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The verb has 6 meanings:

Meaning #1: fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
  Synonyms: go against, break
  Antonym: conform to (meaning #2)

Meaning #2: act in disregard of laws and rules
  Synonyms: transgress, offend, infract, go against, breach, break

Meaning #3: destroy

Meaning #4: violate the sacred character of a place or language
  Synonyms: desecrate, profane, outrage

Meaning #5: assault sexually; force to have sex
  Synonyms: rape, ravish, dishonor, dishonour, outrage

Meaning #6: destroy and strip of its possession
  Synonyms: rape, spoil, despoil, plunder

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - misligholde, bryde, overtræde, krænke, skænde

Nederlands (Dutch)
schenden, geweld aandoen, ontwijden, verstoren, verkrachten, overtreden

Français (French)
v. tr. - transgresser, (Jur) enfreindre, profaner, troubler (le calme), violer (sout, arch)

Deutsch (German)
v. - schänden, vergewaltigen, verletzen, brechen, stören

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - βιάζω, βεβηλώνω, αθετώ, καταπατώ, (καθομ.) παραβιάζω όρους προσωρινής αποφυλάκισης

Italiano (Italian)
profanare, violentare, stuprare, infrangere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - violar, desonrar, violentar, infringir

Русский (Russian)
нарушать, оскорблять, мешать, применять насилие

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - profanar, quebrantar, violar, contravenir, infringir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kränka, överträda, vanhelga, skända, våldta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
违犯, 冒犯, 亵渎

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 違犯, 冒犯, 褻瀆

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 어기다, 모독하다, 어지럽히다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 破る, 犯す, …にそむく, 汚す, 暴行する, 侵す, 乱す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) انتهك, خرق, هتك, اغتصب ( امراة) , دنس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הפר, עבר על, אנס, חילל, פגע, הפריע‬

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