Synonyms:
misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, violation, infringement
Meaning: a crime less serious than a felony
Synonyms:
violation, infringement
Meaning: an act that disregards an agreement or a right; "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment"
Synonyms:
trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation
Meaning: entry to another's property without right or permission
Synonyms:
irreverence, violation
Meaning: a disrespectful act
Usage examples
A flagrant violation of the right of property.
Penalty violation topsecret, death all concerned.
Slaveholding is the highest possible violation of the eighth commandment.
I can go so far as to hinder any open violation of the law; but I cannot go against the law itself."
There is one and only one thing that could justify such a violation of liberty and of the cardinal principles of rational government as is embodied in the Eighteenth Amendment.
We shall be still more to blame, if any mischief befall us; for it is not likely that they would have extorted such a promise from us, without knowing themselves to be in a condition to punish us for its violation."
So the tariff act in 1828, known at the time as "the bill of abominations," was resisted by Southern representatives, because it was the invasion of private rights in violation of the compact by which the States were united.
Although polygamy was tolerated in our tribe, Thomas considered it a violation of good and wholesome rules in society, and tending directly to destroy that friendly social intercourse and love, that ought to be the happy result of matrimony and chastity.
Now Alexander left the kingdom to Alexandra his wife, and depended upon it that the Jews would now very readily submit to her, because she had been very averse to such cruelty as he had treated them with, and had opposed his violation of their laws, and had thereby got the good-will of the people.
This last motive seems the most plausible one; for in spite of the clamors of interested parties, and the flagrant violation of certain rights, the public conscience is bound to fulfil its desire, and is no more affected when charged with attacking property, than when listening to the complaints of the bondholders.