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violate

See also: Violâte

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English violaten (“to defile, render impure”), from violat(e) (“defiled, desecrated”, also used as the past participle of violaten) +‎ -en, borrowed from Latin violātus, perfect passive participle of violō (“to treat with violence (whether bodily or mental)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Ultimately from vīs (“strength, power, force, violence”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪəˌleɪt/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Verb

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violate (third-person singular simple present violates, present participle violating, simple past and past participle violated)

  1. (transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
    Antonyms: comply, obey
    Drinking-and-driving violates the law.
    Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.
    • 2024 October 9, Hadas Gold, Liam Reilly and Brian Stelter, “Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout”, in CNN‎[1]:
      In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book.
  2. (transitive) To rape.
    • 1796, Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk:
      That Antonia whom you violated, was your Sister! That Elvira whom you murdered, gave you birth! Tremble, abandoned Hypocrite! Inhuman Parricide! Incestuous Ravisher!
  3. (transitive, prison slang) To cite (a person) for a parole violation.
    • 2009, Shakti Belway, Bearing Witness, page 12:
      If you don't have a job, you can't pay the money, then you get violated and have to go back to prison.
    • 2014, Juanita Díaz-Cotto, Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice: Voices from El Barrio, page 165:
      Estela: Well, they'd take me to jail, I'd violate, and I go to prison. And maybe I get violated for six months, eight months . . . maybe 30 days, 60 days . . . You know, whatever the parole officer recommended for me, I got.

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vi.oˈla.te/, /vjoˈla.te/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: vi‧o‧là‧te, vio‧là‧te

Etymology 1

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Verb

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violate

  1. inflection of violare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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violate f pl

  1. feminine plural of violato

References

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  1. ^ violare in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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violāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of violō

Spanish

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Verb

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violate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of violar combined with te
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