violate

Etymology

From Latin violātus, past participle of violāre (“treat with violence, whether bodily or mental”), from vīs (“strength, power, force, violence”).

verb

1. (transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
   Drinking-and-driving violates the law.
   Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.
2. (transitive, euphemistic) To rape.
   That Antonia whom you violated, was your Sister! That Elvira whom you murdered, gave you birth! Tremble, abandoned Hypocrite! Inhuman Parricide! Incestuous Ravisher! 1796, Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk
3. (transitive, prison slang) To cite (a person) for a parole violation.
   If you don't have a job, you can't pay the money, then you get violated and have to go back to prison. 2009, Shakti Belway, Bearing Witness, page 12
   Estela: Well, they'd take me to jail, I'd violate, and I go to prison. And maybe I get violated for six months, eight months . . . maybe 30 days, 60 days . . . You know, whatever the parole officer recommended for me, I got. 2014, Juanita Díaz-Cotto, Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice: Voices from El Barrio, page 165