transgress

Taboos became the norm, permission to transgress was extended to everyone and “what was once unthinkable became the only way to think about anything.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, David Hume, for example, argued that suicide did not transgress a person's duty "to God, our neighbour, or ourselves".

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

That was hardly a fringe view in the progressive ethos of the Bay Area, where he was based, though he still managed to transgress the boundaries on a regular basis.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

Rather, institutional principle and precedent predominate in the criminal courts over those who would transgress them.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2022

It soon became clear that there were limits beyond which one could not transgress on the Manhattan.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

It just said there might be an egregious example “when a state court transgresses the bounds of ordinary judicial review.”

From Salon ● May 11, 2024

“How do you know who you are when your primal love bond is formed with someone who then transgresses and violates it?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2021

Even if a travel-hacking scheme does not outright violate the terms of service, a company can simply decide the technique transgresses the spirit of its program.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2021

In timeouts and during practices, Brooks has shown his more colorful side when the team transgresses his “non-negotiables” — for example, not playing hard.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2017

Who deals with a child, deals with a piece of divinity obeying laws as innate as those he transgresses; and which he must treat tenderly, lest he put spiritual interests in jeopardy.

From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Octavius Brooks Frothingham

Both productions also transgressed personal boundaries that pushed Panettiere to lows no one should endure, but so many stars growing up in the spotlight unfortunately do.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

Battle lines are drawn and immediately transgressed in a play that takes farce out of the bedroom and into administrative corridors and cubicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

“Steps will also be taken against other learners who may have transgressed certain provisions within the code of conduct,” she added.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2024

Some of the breakfast sandwiches transgressed in ruinous ways: served with aggressively flavored aioli, served on a bagel out of a plastic bag, served with arugula, which, friends, only gets distressingly wilty-slimy in this format.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

She doubted whether she had not transgressed the duty of woman by woman, in betraying her suspicions of Jane Fairfax’s feelings to Frank Churchill.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

“Already in that early school exercise, he was transgressing all the principles that we knew.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2024

On the other hand, with “Alice Sadie Celine,” we are not talking about transgressing the long-gone mores of the 1950s and ’60s.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

The lawsuit also claims that Chop’t did not dispute the fine, which was for transgressing a rule that food service establishments must “operate their premises in such a way as to avoid imminent health hazards.”

From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

The summer of 2023, which was the hottest in recorded history, served as a potent reminder of the consequences of transgressing planetary limits.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2023

It is remarkable that Drayton censures Daniel, his brother poet, for being too historical in his “Civil Wars,” and thus transgressing the boundaries of history and poetry, of truth and invention.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli