7 example sentences using violate.
Violate used in a sentence
Violate in a sentence as a verb
I know the actual number, though I'm pretty sure that'd violate my NDA to reveal.
Florida loves to drug test people in an attempt to violate them on their probation.
This conduct by Apple did not merely violate the "spirit" of the order.
If shareholders are told that profits are secondary, you don't violate trust by not putting them first.
If you're going to violate their policies, they will stop working with you, regardless of the impact on your business.
The jury ruled that Google violated copyright if and only if APIs are copyrightable.
Patent law isn't intended to provide mechanisms to sue end-user consumers of scanners that violate patents, it's intended to protect innovators from having their ideas taken without compensation by large engineering firms.
Violate definitions
fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"
See also: break
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
See also: transgress offend infract breach break
destroy; "Don't violate my garden"; "violate my privacy"
violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"
force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"