violate
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Is violate a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).Examples: "Drinking-and-driving violates the law."; "Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol."; "In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book."Antonyms: comply, obeytransitive
2. (transitive) To rape.Examples: "That Antonia whom you violated, was your Sister! That Elvira whom you murdered, gave you birth! Tremble, abandoned Hypocrite! Inhuman Parricide! Incestuous Ravisher!"transitive
3. (transitive, prison slang) To cite (a person) for a parole violation.Examples: "If you don't have a job, you can't pay the money, then you get violated and have to go back to prison."; "Estela: Well, they'd take me to jail, I'd violate, and I go to prison. And maybe I get violated for six months, eight months . . . maybe 30 days, 60 days . . . You know, whatever the parole officer recommended for me, I got."slangtransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary