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| adventurism |
impetuous, irresponsible acts or policies, esp. by a government or someone in power, in defiant violation of commonly accepted norms of behavior. |
| black market |
the illegal purchase or sale of goods in violation of restrictions such as price controls or rationing, customs laws, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| breach |
a violation, as of a law, code, or promise. [1/7 definitions] |
| delinquent |
neglectful of a duty or guilty of an offense or violation of the law. [1/4 definitions] |
| foot fault |
in tennis, a violation caused if both feet are not behind the base line when one is serving. |
| high treason |
violation of allegiance against one's government, or the crime of giving aid and comfort to the enemies of one's own government. |
| infraction |
an act or instance of breaking or violating, usu. a rule or law; violation or breach. |
| infringement |
a violation or breaking, as of a law, rule, or contract. [1/2 definitions] |
| injustice |
the absence of justice; unfair treatment or violation of a person's rights. [1/2 definitions] |
| irregularity |
a violation of rules, customs, ordinary procedures, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| offense |
a violation of a law, rule, or standard of conduct; crime, sin, or breach of good conduct. [2/6 definitions] |
| penalty kick |
in soccer, a free kick from a point 12 feet in front of the goal and with only the goalie defending, awarded to one team to penalize a violation by the other team. [2 definitions] |
| sacred |
made safe from or against violation. [1/5 definitions] |
| sacrilege |
the violation, profane treatment, or destruction of some place or thing that is considered to be sacred. |
| sacrilegious |
involving or being a violation, profanation, or destruction of something considered to be sacred. [1/2 definitions] |
| Schenck v. United States |
the U.S. Supreme Court case decided in 1919 that upheld the criminal conviction of the defendant for violation of the Espionage Act of 1917. In the majority opinion, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. argued that speech aimed to undermine military or naval operations during wartime presented a "clear and present danger" to the security of the country. |
| sin1 |
violation of religious law. [2/5 definitions] |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| ticket |
a legal summons, as for a traffic or parking violation. [1/10 definitions] |
| treachery |
violation of faith or allegiance; betrayal. [1/2 definitions] |
| universal suffrage |
the right of all a nation's citizens above a certain age, usu. eighteen or twenty-one, to vote, unless they are in violation of certain basic legal requirements. |
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