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violator

violator noun: one who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender.

Noun

violator (plural violators)

  1. 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
    1. (euphemistic, literary) One who violates another person's body as through forced sexual activity
  2. 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

pluralviolators
alternative formviolater

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

  1. violationist
  2. violationists
  3. violations
  4. violative
  5. violatively
  6. violator
  7. violators
  8. violatory
  9. violatress
  10. violatresses
  11. violaxanthal

Source and license

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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