in contravention of
idiom
formal
: in a way not allowed by (a law, rule, contract, etc.) : in violation of
He cut off trade with the country in contravention of their treaty.
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Kovrig said he was held in complete isolation in a cell under fluorescent lights for six months, in contravention of UN standards.
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Lex Harvey, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
International human rights organizations had gathered evidence that police and other paramilitary forces used AK-47 assault rifles to disperse protesters, in contravention of the Geneva Conventions, to which Bangladesh is a signatory.
—Ali Riaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2024
The soldiers, all members of a combat engineering unit, were in an armored carrier that was hit by an explosion that detonated engineering materials being carried on the vehicle, apparently in contravention of standard practice, the military said.
—James MacKenzie and Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 15 June 2024
And yet, according to a recent report in The New York Times, Vietnam may be negotiating a secret deal with Russia for additional military arms, possibly in contravention of Washington’s Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.
—Derek Grossman, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2023
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Lex Harvey, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
International human rights organizations had gathered evidence that police and other paramilitary forces used AK-47 assault rifles to disperse protesters, in contravention of the Geneva Conventions, to which Bangladesh is a signatory.
—Ali Riaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2024
The soldiers, all members of a combat engineering unit, were in an armored carrier that was hit by an explosion that detonated engineering materials being carried on the vehicle, apparently in contravention of standard practice, the military said.
—James MacKenzie and Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 15 June 2024
And yet, according to a recent report in The New York Times, Vietnam may be negotiating a secret deal with Russia for additional military arms, possibly in contravention of Washington’s Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.
—Derek Grossman, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2023
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