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violator

noun

Etymology

From Middle English violator, from Latin violātor. By surface analysis, violate + -or.

  1. derived from violātor
  2. inherited from violator

Definitions

  1. One who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.)

    One who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender

    • The ordinance subjected any violator to a fine, to imprisonment for not more than six months, to community service, or to some combination of the three.

  2. In the publishing and packaging industries, a visual element that intentionally…

    In the publishing and packaging industries, a visual element that intentionally "violates" the underlying design, such as a starburst, color bar or "splat" on a product package or magazine cover intended to attract special attention.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for violator. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA