Usually means: Breaks or disobeys established rules.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word violates:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. violates: Merriam-Webster
  2. violates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. violates: Vocabulary.com
  4. Violates, violates: Wordnik
  5. violates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. violates: Wiktionary
  7. violates: Dictionary.com
  8. violates: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Violates: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Violates: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. violates: FreeDictionary.org
  12. violates: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. violates: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. violates: Legal dictionary

(Note: See violate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (violate)

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.
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