grave violation

collocation in English

meaningsofgraveandviolation

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grave
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪv/us
/ɡreɪv/
seriously ...
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violation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
an action that breaks or acts against something, especially a law, agreement, principle, or something that should be treated ...
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(Definition ofgraveandviolationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrave violation

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It is suggested that the ruling out of a market in organs is, in fact, agraveviolationof people's most fundamental rights.
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But to intervene with a large armed force and help those taking part in civil war is agraveviolationof international law.
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The issue is not so much one of religious principle as one of the principle of freedom: this was agraveviolationof the principle of subsidiarity.
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This is agraveviolationagainst human rights and community rights.
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The quarrying firm never sought an approval from the provincial governor and commited agraveviolation under existing environmental laws and the local government code.
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The time came for an initiative to deal with these grave violations.
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They are the people who have committed grave violations of the rules of war.
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I do not want to repeat what has already been said in the resolution about the grave violations of human rights there.
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As for the stick: by way of sanctions, those countries which tolerate grave violations of women’s rights must submit to the suspension of the agreements which benefit them.
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This would cover ordinary crimes, but not grave violations of international humanitarian law like war crimes or crimes against humanity.
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Exclusion of juristic persons would lead to the possibility of grave violations of privacy in our society, with serious implications for the conduct of affairs.
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