violator
violator noun: one who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender.
Noun
violator (plural violators)
- 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.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order
- 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.
violator meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Indonesian and Persian
violator in Tamil
- மீறுபவர்
violator in Urdu
- آبرو ریز, بےادب, بےجا مداخلت کرنے والا, فاسخ, عصمت دری کرنے والا, خلل انداز
violator in Indonesian
- one who violates
- pelanggar
violator in Persian
- one who violates
- متخلف motexallef, خلافکار xalâfkâr, خاطی xâti
Forms of violator
| plural | violators |
|---|---|
| alternative form | violater |
Origin of violator
From Middle English violator, from Latin violātor. By surface analysis, violate + -or.
Words formed from violator
Questions about violator
- What does violator mean?
- Violator means one who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender.
- What is violator in Tamil?
- Violator in Tamil is மீறுபவர். See Violator meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is violator?
- Violator is a noun.
- What is the plural of violator?
- The plural of violator is violators.
Words near violator in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: violator (page history and authors); violator (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); violator (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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