Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender

    Verletzer, Zuwiderhandelnder, Täter

    someone who violates the law

  2. One who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender

    (euphemistic, literary)One who violates another person's body as through forced sexual activity

  3. In the publishing and packaging industries, a visual element that intentionally "violates" the underlying design, such as a starburst, color bar or "splat" on a product package or magazine cover intended to attract special attention.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Violators will be fined.

    Порушники будуть оштрафовані.

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  2. Violators will be ticketed.

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  3. The U.S. is calling for an arms embargo against violators of the treaty.

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Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
one who violates:

Origin

From Middle English violator, from Latin violātor. By surface analysis, violate + -or.

From Middle English violator, from Latin violātor. By surface analysis, violate + -or.

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Forms

plural: violators

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedviolate
Derivedviolatress

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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