(transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
Used in a Sentence
violating
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for violating.
Editorial note
Except that the default is both insecure and privacy-violating.
Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of violating gathered in one view.
(transitive) To rape.
(transitive, prison slang) To cite (a person) for a parole violation.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for violating.
verb
(transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
verb
(transitive) To rape.
verb
(transitive, prison slang) To cite (a person) for a parole violation.
Example sentences
Except that the default is both insecure and privacy-violating.
Indeed, in Section II, Article 7 rules are laid down [1] which Facebook is violating, for example with shadowprofiles.
In the case of VLC+libdvdcss-bundle, it's usually fine in (sane) juridictions because it's a player, not violating the copyrights holders.
If it leaked they were violating their own privacy policy that blatantly, there would be the mother of all class action lawsuits.
It's become well established that there is no penalty for violating international agreements as long as one is brazen enough about it.
Heck, he has more than once chewed out one of the principal systemd devs (Kay Sievers) for violating central rules of kernel development.
And if you don't know about the violation of the duty, you can't be held liable for violating it derivatively as a tipee.
But it would have been harder for an employee to do this since he would have been violating MS policies, hence risking his job.
If you're found to be violating FCC regulations you pay a fine.
I haven't looked at your code, but by the way it is performing, I wonder if you're violating Namecheap's TOS.
This is the second recent problem MS had with a contractor stealing source code (the other was the Windows 7 image tool violating the GPL).
They sit in an advantageous position where violating things like SOP, CSP Rules (depending on the browser) and more is okay by using the background page.
Quote examples
My browser (or not browser - is cURL violating "consent"?) interprets that as I wish.
About violating "some earlier architectural plan" in the case of libraries: Being able to do this allows CL programmers to freely mix libraries with different "architectural plans" without resorting to some half-baked fusion architecture that has to account for the different styles used by the libraries.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use violating in a sentence?
Except that the default is both insecure and privacy-violating.
What does violating mean?
(transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
What part of speech is violating?
violating is commonly used as verb.