in violation of
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: in a way that is not allowed by (a law or rule)
The evidence was seized in violation of the law.
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The loss of a rearview camera image would put the vehicles in violation of federal motor vehicle safety rules, NHTSA said.
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Keith Laing, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
One of the whistleblowers, a policy strategist named Joshua Haver, also alleged that the Idaho commissioners and utility executives had gathered privately weeks before the conference, in violation of Idaho’s open-records laws.
—Nick Bowlin, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
In October, a federal judge in New Mexico paused a high-profile death-penalty case, ruling that failure to pay defendants’ lawyers left them unable to prepare an adequate defense, in violation of the Constitution.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Kansas leaders, however, have previously rejected that argument and claim that efforts to lure the Chiefs were not in violation of the truce.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 Dec. 2025
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Keith Laing, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
One of the whistleblowers, a policy strategist named Joshua Haver, also alleged that the Idaho commissioners and utility executives had gathered privately weeks before the conference, in violation of Idaho’s open-records laws.
—Nick Bowlin, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
In October, a federal judge in New Mexico paused a high-profile death-penalty case, ruling that failure to pay defendants’ lawyers left them unable to prepare an adequate defense, in violation of the Constitution.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Kansas leaders, however, have previously rejected that argument and claim that efforts to lure the Chiefs were not in violation of the truce.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 Dec. 2025
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“In violation of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20violation%20of. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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