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present participle of violate.

violating

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illegal adj.
outlawed adj.
sacrilegious adj.
unconstitutional adj.
violation n.

ADJECTIVE

illegal

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banned criminal illegitimate illicit irregular outlawed prohibited smuggled unauthorized unconstitutional unlawful unlicensed unwarranted wrongful

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actionable black-market bootleg contraband crooked extralegal felonious forbidden heavy hot interdicted lawless not approved not legal outside the law proscribed prosecutable racket shady sub-rosa taboo under-the-table unofficial unwarrantable verboten wildcat

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authorized blessed ethical good justifiable lawful legal legitimate moral permitted right warranted

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allowed permissible

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outlawed

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banned prohibited

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bootleg crooked forbidden interdicted proscribed racket smuggled taboo

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actionable black-market contraband criminal extralegal felonious heavy hot illegitimate illicit irregular lawless not approved not legal outside the law prosecutable shady sub-rosa unauthorized unconstitutional under-the-table unlawful unlicensed unofficial unwarrantable unwarranted verboten wildcat wrongful

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allowed

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sacrilegious

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blasphemous indecent obscene sinful

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atheistic desecrating dirty filthy foul godless heathen impious infidel irreligious irreverent irreverential pagan ungodly unhallowed unholy

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clean decent moral pure upright

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unconstitutional

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illegitimate unlawful wrongful

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against the law banned criminal felonious forbidden illicit lawless not legal outlawed prohibited prosecutable unauthorized

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authorized ethical legal

NOUN

violation

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abuse contravention encroachment infraction infringement misdemeanor negligence offense transgression

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break breaking illegality misbehavior nonobservance rupture trespass wrong

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transgressing trespassing

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obedience

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observance

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A federal judge in Boston on Thursday dismissed the federal government’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard University, finding the college isn’t presently violating civil-rights law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The spokesperson also accused the Freedom of the Press Foundation of violating Truth Social's terms of service.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Instagram, which is owned by Meta, has been disabling accounts and taking down some of these pickup or prank videos for violating the platform’s rules against harassment and bullying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

When Kennedy ended up violating those pledges, Cassidy disagreed with him from the sidelines but could do little else.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

A voice booms from the armored vehicle, “All persons found violating the curfew will be subject to arrest.”

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

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