Violative

vi·o·late  (v-lt)

tr.v. vi·o·lat·ed, vi·o·lat·ing, vi·o·lates

1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example).

2. To assault (a person) sexually.

3. To do harm to (property or qualities considered sacred); desecrate or defile.

4. To disturb rudely or improperly; interrupt: violated our privacy.

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[Middle English violaten, from Latin violre, violt-, from vs, vi-, force; see wei- in Indo-European roots.]

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vio·lative adj.

vio·lator n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

violative - violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity" offensive offending - offending against or breaking a law or rule; "contracts offending against the statute were canceled"