violating
Crossing forbidden lines
Violating is breaching or transgressing a rule, law, agreement, or boundary.
Someone violating a contract fails to honor its terms.
Violating someone's privacy means intruding where you have no right.
The word often implies a serious breach rather than a minor infraction: He was arrested for violating parole.
To violate a person, especially sexually, is to assault them—violating in this sense carries connotations of profound harm and desecration.
Forbidden by statute
- unlawfulForbidden by statute
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
- illicitProhibited by law
- forbiddenNot allowed
prohibited · contraband · smuggling · fraud · embezzlement · trespassing · vandalism · hacking
Violating a rule or boundary
- oversteppingExceeding appropriate bounds
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- encroachingGradually intruding on territory
- intrudingEntering without welcome
trespassing · infringing · imposing · disregarding · ignoring · disrespecting · pushing · testing
Violating something sacred
- profaningViolating sacred things
- defilingCorrupting purity or sanctity
- dishonoringBringing shame upon
- degradingLowering in worth
insulting · offending · outraging · affronting · blasphemy · sacrilege · contempt · irreverence
Violation of divine law
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
wickedness · wrongdoing · misdeed · transgression · vice · sacrilege · desecration · profaning
Forcible entry into territory
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- spyingSecretly observing others
- snoopingSecretly investigating others
eavesdropping · encroachment · prying · overstepping · hacking · data breach · stalking · wiretapping
Breaking through something
- breakingComing apart suddenly
- contraveningViolating a law
- infringingBreaching established limits
- defaultingFailing to repay debt
nullifying · reneging · disregarding · ignoring · noncompliance · terms · contract · treaty
illegal
Forbidden by statute
forbidden · prohibited · contraband · smuggling · fraud · embezzlement · trespassing · vandalism · hacking · piracy
transgressing
Violating a rule or boundary
- oversteppingExceeding appropriate bounds
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- encroachingGradually intruding on territory
intruding · trespassing · infringing · imposing · disregarding · ignoring · disrespecting · pushing · testing · breaching
desecrating
Violating something sacred
- profaningViolating sacred things
- defilingCorrupting purity or sanctity
- dishonoringBringing shame upon
degrading · insulting · offending · outraging · affronting · blasphemy · sacrilege · contempt · irreverence · mockery
sin
Violation of divine law
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- depravityProfound moral corruption
iniquity · wickedness · wrongdoing · misdeed · transgression · vice · sacrilege · desecration · profaning · taboo
invasion
Forcible entry into territory
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- spyingSecretly observing others
snooping · eavesdropping · encroachment · prying · overstepping · hacking · data breach · stalking · wiretapping · monitoring
breaching
Breaking through something
- breakingComing apart suddenly
- contraveningViolating a law
- infringingBreaching established limits
defaulting · nullifying · reneging · disregarding · ignoring · noncompliance · terms · contract · treaty · covenant
- misusingabusing, mishandling, misapplying, misappropriating, misallocating
- harmharming, injury, hurting, abuse, injuring
violatingobeying
Following directives given
following · observing · abiding by · upholding · respecting
violatingrespecting
About; on the topic
honoring · protecting · safeguarding · upholding · preserving
violatingpreserving
Protecting from deterioration
protecting · honoring · sanctifying · consecrating · maintaining
- parole violationBreaking early release terms
- traffic violationBreach of road laws
- due process violationFailure to follow legal protections
- moving violationIllegal act while driving
- human rights violationBreach of fundamental dignities
- code violationsBreaches of regulations