violate
verb (used with object)
to act against (a law, principle, promise, agreement, instruction, etc.); break, transgress, or fail to honor.
have been violating
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present perfect progressiveof violate.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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And they said state and federal agencies have been violating those requirements since Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
The nonprofit went to federal court in December alleging that the plants have been violating antipollution laws at least since 2017.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2022
Reports were received by the Health Department Monday that in some instances theaters have been violating the order which denies children under 16 years of age to attend.
From Slate ● Dec. 21, 2020
Monsignor Dooley said that as Fr Brady had been conducting in-camera investigation within the Church, he would have been violating his responsibilities if he had reported what he knew to the police.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2010
If that is the proper word; we have given them specific notice that there is a law and that they have been violating it, and that we do not want them to violate it.
From Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, on H. R. 11943, to Amend Title 60, Chapter 3, of the Revised Statutes of the United States Relating to Copyrights May 2, 1906. by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents
