violated

Example Sentences

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They claimed—and Mr. Smith apparently agrees—that Lenin unleashed terror and violated legality sparingly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026

The Federal Trade Commission also has strict rules on debt collectors, and this caller may have violated them.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026

Kavanaugh instead argued that it violated a separate federal statute.

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2026

The company said it had removed additional ads, disabled more accounts and blocked URLs for other content that violated its policies in response to the BBC's findings.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026

In fact, the Virginia Resolutions described the Alien and Sedition Acts as “alarming infractions” of the Constitution that violated the free speech guarantees of the First Amendment.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis