Violate and Wrong

Violate

Violate verb - To fail to keep.

Wrong and violate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wrong" instead a verb "Violate".

Wrong

Wrong verb - Treat unjustly; do wrong to.

Violate and wrong are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Violate" instead a verb "Wrong".

Common collocations

rules violate rules wrong rules
liberties violate liberties wrong liberties
rights violate rights wrong rights

Both words in one sentence

  • Manga / Love Hina Disproportionate Retribution: As noted various times, the girls tend to humiliate or beat up Keitaro simply because he arrives at the wrong time when they are changing or violate them accidentally.
  • Rubbing salt in the wound, the only way to contest false positives is a preset "I did not violate the Code of Conduct." You can't explain why it's wrong.
  • Series / America Unearthed Science Is Wrong: The basis of the show - "The history that we were all taught growing up is wrong." Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right: Occasionally occurs but more frequently subverted as Scott tucks tail and won't violate any major laws to find his true history.
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Wrong and Violate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/violate/wrong
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Wrong or Violate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/violate/wrong.
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