violation

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Obeying & breaking the law
abide
abide by something
adhere
adhere to something
afoul
bac
buck
commission
comply
contravene
derogation
disobey
enforcer
fall foul of somethingidiom
go by the book
guiltiness
infringement
shalt
venal
violation

infraction | American Dictionary

infraction
noun[ C ]
 fmlus/ɪnˈfræk·ʃən/
a breaking of a rule or law:
a minor infraction

infraction | Business English

infraction
noun[ C or U ]
 LAW formaluk /ɪnˈfrækʃən/us
an act of not obeying a rule or law:
The candidate had committed an infraction at a previous job.
a minor/major/serious infraction
an infraction of sthThey admitted no previous wrong-doing but promised to refrain from future infractions of securities laws.
an immigration/legal/safety infraction

Examples of infraction

infraction
But there is considerable crossnational variation in the extent to which claimants' unemployment benefits are reduced or refused for reasons of 'administrative infractions', beyond that.
The judge can exhibit similar candor if he instead believes that the procedural infraction freed a borderline case of a guilty man.
Yet despite violating liberal values in sometimes spectacular ways, each infraction found its rationale within liberal theory.
All of these infractions would have resulted in more drastic sentences in the 1590s and early 1600s.
We also explored containment around two other behavioral "infractions": academic disengagement and rudeness to others.
Personal questions regarding my own medical history appeared to be gross boundary infractions.
This meant they could be punished for any infraction against colonial codes without recourse to a trial.
Also, "equal" in the principle's formal name highlights the moral infraction of different care for equal conditions, reinforcing knowledge and motivation.
Tanor and his officials imposed heavy fines for minor infractions and lived at the expense of the population while the money was collected.
Communities have imposed different types of penalties for merchant infractions, ranging from financial ones to temporary loss of the merchant's license to sell tobacco products.
Thirteen of the criticisms had to do with infractions against church rules.
Positive effects of illness reported by myocardial infraction and breast cancer patients.
Given his reasons for committing the infraction, has he acted wrongly?
Any infraction of discipline was usually met with a flogging.
The major market halls of the city arbitrated small disputes and levied fines for infractions of regulations.
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