Definition of violator in English:
violator
noun ˈvʌɪəleɪtəˈvaɪəˌleɪdər
1A person who breaks or fails to comply with a rule or formal agreement.
a major crackdown on violators of immigration regulations
the new smoking restrictions call for hefty fines for violators
Example sentencesExamples
- If you don't report these violations in the workplace, you go down with the violators.
- Skeptics doubt they have the regulatory muscle to punish violators.
- Their government has been successfully pressured to change its laws, to make searching for copyright violators easier.
- The measure calls on the agricultural commissioner to impose fines on would-be violators.
- The jails aren't roomy enough to include all violators.
2A person who treats something with irreverence or disrespect.
a violator of sacred relics
Example sentencesExamples
- Eight countries were blacklisted as violators of religious freedom by the State Department.
- A serial violator of civilized society, its government even last week was implicated in major drug trafficking into Australia.
- Their government is a standout violator of press freedom.
- The judge is a former adventurer and violator of animals worldwide.
- It's a regime known as one of the worst violators of human rights in the world.
3literary A person who rapes or sexually assaults someone.
Monica is able to name the violators of her body
a curse pronounced over the violators of children
Example sentencesExamples
- They carried identity cards that listed their official occupation as professional rapist, or 'violator of women's honour'.
- When the violator is someone the child knows and trusts, the experiences are especially confusing.
- The rape victim is forced to succumb to her violator's sexual demands.
- Insofar as sex is always linked to violence in his writing, it also involves the patriarchal phallus as a violator of women and a threat to the son's virility.
- By inference, the law coerces the violator to marry his victim, while legitimizing his actions.
Definition of violator in US English:
violator
nounˈvīəˌlādərˈvaɪəˌleɪdər
1A person who breaks or fails to comply with a rule or formal agreement.
a major crackdown on violators of immigration regulations
the new smoking restrictions call for hefty fines for violators
Example sentencesExamples
- If you don't report these violations in the workplace, you go down with the violators.
- The measure calls on the agricultural commissioner to impose fines on would-be violators.
- Skeptics doubt they have the regulatory muscle to punish violators.
- Their government has been successfully pressured to change its laws, to make searching for copyright violators easier.
- The jails aren't roomy enough to include all violators.
2A person who treats something with irreverence or disrespect.
a violator of sacred relics
Example sentencesExamples
- Their government is a standout violator of press freedom.
- A serial violator of civilized society, its government even last week was implicated in major drug trafficking into Australia.
- The judge is a former adventurer and violator of animals worldwide.
- Eight countries were blacklisted as violators of religious freedom by the State Department.
- It's a regime known as one of the worst violators of human rights in the world.
3literary A person who rapes or sexually assaults someone.
Monica is able to name the violators of her body
a curse pronounced over the violators of children
Example sentencesExamples
- They carried identity cards that listed their official occupation as professional rapist, or 'violator of women's honour'.
- The rape victim is forced to succumb to her violator's sexual demands.
- By inference, the law coerces the violator to marry his victim, while legitimizing his actions.
- When the violator is someone the child knows and trusts, the experiences are especially confusing.
- Insofar as sex is always linked to violence in his writing, it also involves the patriarchal phallus as a violator of women and a threat to the son's virility.