Those who violate the rules will be punished.
Source: tatoeba (20218)
Violate
//ˈvaɪəˌleɪt//
Synonyms for "violate" (221 found)
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Verb(15 words)
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not conformnot heednot keepnot listennot mindnot observeoffendoutrageoverpasspay no attention topeculatepersecutepervertpilferpillageplay havoc withplay hob withpoisonpollutepossess sexuallyprejudiceprofaneprostituterageramprampagerantravageraveravishrefuse to cooperateriotroarruinsacksavagescathescoff atseduceset at defianceset at naughtset naught bysinslaughtersoilsow chaosspoilstormsullytainttaketeartear aroundterrorizethreatentormenttorturetrampletrample ontrample underfoottrample upontrespasstwistulceratevandalizeviolate the lawvitiatevulgarizewarpwoundwreak havocwreak havoc onwreckwrong
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94 translations across 37 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- пару́шыць verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- паруша́ць verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изнасилвам verb (to rape)
- наруша́ verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- наруша́вам verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Catalan
2 entries- violar verb (to rape)
- vulnerar verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Cebuano
2 entries- lapas verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- lipas verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 侵害 verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- 違反 /违反 verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- 違犯 /违犯 verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Czech
1 entries- porušit verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Danish
2 entries- krænke verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- overtræde verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Dutch
2 entries- schenden verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- schenden verb (to rape)
Esperanto
2 entries- malobservi verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- malrespekti verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Estonian
1 entries- rikkuma verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Finnish
1 entries- rikkoa verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
French
3 entries- transgresser verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- violer verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- violer verb (to rape)
Galician
2 entries- violar verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- violar verb (to rape)
Georgian
4 entries- არღვევს verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- ბღალავს verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- გაუპატიურება verb (to rape)
- ლახავს verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
German
4 entries- brechen verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- entehren verb (to rape)
- missachten verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- schänden verb (to rape)
Greek
1 entries- παραβιάζω verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Hungarian
2 entries- megszeg verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- megsért verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Ido
1 entries- violacar verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Italian
2 entries- violare verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- violare verb (to rape)
Japanese
4 entries- 侵す verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- 侵害する verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- 侵犯する verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- 破る verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Kaitag
1 entries- чербулга́на verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Korean
1 entries- 침해하다 verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Latin
1 entries- violō verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Māori
4 entries- hara verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- hāparu verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- koere verb (to rape)
- pekehāwani verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- binpê kirin verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- pêbend nebûn verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- tecawiz kirin verb (to rape)
Polish
2 entries- naruszać verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- pogwałcać verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Portuguese
3 entries- transgredir verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- violar verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- violar verb (to rape)
Romanian
2 entries- viola verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- încălca verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Russian
3 entries- изнасиловать verb (to rape)
- нару́шить verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- наруша́ть verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Slovak
1 entries- porušiť verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Slovene
1 entries- prekršiti verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Spanish
4 entries- conculcar verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- contravenir verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- infringir verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- violar verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Swedish
2 entries- kränka verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- överträda verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Tagalog
4 entries- labagin verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- lumabag verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- sumuway verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- suwayin verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Telugu
1 entries- అతిక్రమించు verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Ukrainian
3 entries- гвалтува́ти verb (to rape)
- пору́шити verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
- пору́шувати verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xâm phạm verb (to break or fail to act by rules)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
You must not violate the regulations.
Source: tatoeba (20231)
We must not violate the Constitution.
Source: tatoeba (239078)
I will never violate a law again.
Source: tatoeba (321796)
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