A member of the public who has reasonable grounds to believe that a civil servant has a conflict of interest may request an official opinion respecting the alleged contravention.
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Contravention
//ˌkɒntɹəˈvɛntʃən//
Synonyms for "contravention" (50 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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9 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- contravenció noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
French
1 entries- contravention noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
German
3 entries- Verletzung noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
- Verstoß noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
- Zuwiderhandlung noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
Hungarian
4 entries- jogsértés noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
- megszegés noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
- megsértés noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
- szabálysértés noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
Māori
1 entries- takahanga noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
Polish
4 entries- naruszenie noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
- pogwałcenie noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
- przekroczenie noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
- wykroczenie noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
Portuguese
1 entries- contravenção noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
Russian
1 entries- наруше́ние noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
Spanish
1 entries- contravención noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
Swedish
2 entries- kränkning noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
- överträdelse noun (the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Their contravention of the treaty increased international tensions.
Source: wiktionary
[…]and the Royal Navy's officers, sometimes in direct contravention of their orders, decided that they would board and capture any slaver they came across, regardless of whatever flag they flew[…]
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