Violative

Quick meaning: Violative is an adjective meaning (US) Tending to violate; constituting a violation; of or relating to violation.

Meaning

(US) Tending to violate; constituting a violation; of or relating to violation.

Example Sentences

If YouTube finds fewer videos to be violative — and therefore removes fewer of them — the percentage of violative video views may decrease. And none of the data is subject to an independent audit, although the company did not rule that out in the future.

If a restaurant had a policy that two blacks or two Catholics could not sit together, everyone would understand that that policy is unacceptable and illegal. Similarly, we feel that insisting that two people of the same sex cannot sit together is also violative of the law.

Synonyms for violative

Depending on context, synonyms include violatory, offensive, offending.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include offending, offensive, infringement, prohibited, forbidden, offence.

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