| VERB | social | infract, transgress, offend, violate, go against, breach, break | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises |
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| Meaning | Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | transgress, offend, violate, go against, breach, break | |
| Narrower | conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene | go against, as of rules and laws |
| drop the ball, sin, blunder, boob, goof | Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | |
| sin, transgress, trespass | commit a sin | |
| trespass | break the law | |
| trespass, intrude | Enter unlawfully on someone's property | |
| Broader | disrespect | show a lack of respect for |
| Opposite | observe, keep | conform one's action or practice to |
| Spanish | insultar, ofender, transgredir, violar, vulnerar | |
| Catalan | insultar, transgredir, vulnerar | |
| Nouns | infraction | a crime less serious than a felony |
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