technical violation
Rule broken technically
A technical violation is a breach of rules or regulations that doesn't involve new criminal activity—missing a meeting with a parole officer, failing a drug test, or crossing into a restricted area.
The term appears most often in criminal justice contexts, where technical violations of probation or parole can result in reincarceration: He went back to prison on a technical violation for missing curfew.
The modifier *technical* suggests the violation is procedural rather than substantive, though consequences may still be severe.
- paroleConditional early release
- probationSupervised trial period
- supervised releaseMonitored freedom after incarceration
- curfewMandated return time
- ankle monitorCourt-ordered tracking device
ankle bracelet · drug test · infraction · breach · offense · supervision · court order · no contact order · revocation · hearing · conditions · warrant · failed · missed appointment · contact · travel restriction · house arrest · mandatory reporting
- Parole Violationsfailed drug test, failure to report, absconding, failure to appear, missed appointment
- racing penaltiesdisqualification, time penalty, penalty points, black flag, drive-through
technical violationcriminal act
Illegal action, prosecutable
felony · violent crime · gross misconduct · material breach · capital offense
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