- violation
- nounADJECTIVE▪ blatant, clear, flagrant, obvious▪
The attack on civilians is a flagrant violation of the peace agreement.
▪ egregious (formal, esp. AmE), grave, gross, major, massive, serious▪ minor▪ direct▪practices that are in direct violation of the Geneva Conventions
▪ technical (esp. AmE)▪a technical violation of law
▪ systematic, wholesale (esp. AmE), widespread▪ continued, repeated▪ alleged▪ civil liberties (esp. AmE), civil rights (esp. AmE), human rights▪ privacy▪ ethical (esp. AmE)▪ code, law, rule (all esp. AmE)▪He had been fined for building code violations.
▪arrests for drug law violations
▪ criminal (esp. AmE)▪ drug (AmE)▪Nearly 60% of all arrests are for drug violations.
▪ traffic▪ copyright, trademark▪ parole, probation (both esp. AmE)▪ immigration, visa (both esp. AmE)▪ safety, security (both esp. AmE)▪fines for safety violations
▪ antitrust (AmE)VERB + VIOLATION▪ commit▪The army was accused of committing violations against the accord.
▪ be, constitute▪This action constitutes a violation of international law.
▪ report▪ detect, find▪ investigate▪ ignore▪ avoid, preventPREPOSITION▪ in violation of▪There is plenty of evidence that her actions were in violation of an earlier contract.
▪ violation against▪violations against minimum wage agreements
Collocations dictionary. 2013.