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as in offence
a breaking of a moral or legal code
in colonial times blasphemy was considered a serious civil violation that merited harsh punishment
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as in infringement
a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation
a military action that must be regarded as a violation of the treaty
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as in assault
the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse
war crimes include the violation of civilians
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Recent Examples of violation
Students who were at the protest were alerted in May, months later, that a complaint was filed against them for alleged violations of the students rights and responsibilities code.
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Doha Madani, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
For years, Austin schools had struggled to clear thousands of overdue requests from families that students get evaluated for special education services, which is a law violation.
—Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Dec. 2024
Even as the Supreme Court has narrowed the pathways for victims of federal agents' constitutional violations to obtain relief, victims may demand compensation from state and local police who directly violate civil rights or conspire to do so.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
To Look Out For The challenge lies in ensuring these outputs are accurate, unbiased and safe to avoid compliance violations and damaging relationships.
—Hemant Madaan, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Doha Madani, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
For years, Austin schools had struggled to clear thousands of overdue requests from families that students get evaluated for special education services, which is a law violation.
—Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Dec. 2024
Even as the Supreme Court has narrowed the pathways for victims of federal agents' constitutional violations to obtain relief, victims may demand compensation from state and local police who directly violate civil rights or conspire to do so.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
To Look Out For The challenge lies in ensuring these outputs are accurate, unbiased and safe to avoid compliance violations and damaging relationships.
—Hemant Madaan, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for violation
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Those who wish to participate will be able to create and own their own digital likenesses, which the agency believes will help protect those clients against copyright infringement and allow talent to make more money.Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Collectors are now, apparently, willing to pay a premium for the rights to an idea, however easily that idea can be replicated in ways that skirt the line of copyright or design patent infringement.Lilian Raji, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.Jacky Wong, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.Reuters, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2023
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In general, a 2005 federal law shields gun manufacturers and dealers from liability from crimes committed with their products.Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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In one of those cases, Trump was charged with crimes related to his efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 national election.Dan Mangan, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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In most breach cases, a threat actor broke in through a SaaS provider environment that wasn’t protected with MFA.Ofer Klein, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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But privacy experts caution that there is little transparency about the technologies being deployed, and their proliferation could lead to data breaches and greater levels of surveillance.Matt Burgess, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2024
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But what happens when such a fair-minded public servant perennially on the side of innocent underdogs finds himself as the defense attorney of a judge who might be guilty of rape and assault?Tomris Laffly, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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Early this year, Carroll was awarded an additional $83.3 million in damages for defamatory statements Trump made that disparaged her and denied her rape accusations.Elahe Izadi, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Jim Cramer’s investing rule No. 20 : Patience is a virtue and giving up on value is a sin.Zev Fima, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
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By now Francis' annual Christmas address to the priests, bishops and cardinals who work in the Vatican Curia has become a lesson in humility — and humiliation — as Francis offers a public dressing down of some of the sins in the workplace at the headquarters of the Catholic Church.CBS News, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
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He was eventually charged by the Riverside County district attorney’s office with one felony count of knowingly distributing harmful material.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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The three felony counts with which he has been charged all carry maximum sentences of life in prison.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Violation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violation. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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