An act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it and for which punishment is imposed upon conviction.

违反法律或做法律禁止的事或疏忽法律要求做的事并因此被判定有罪而强加惩罚的行为。

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You are in violation of the law—driving without a valid license.

你在没有有效驾照的情况下开车是违法的。

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Adopted in 1789, possibly to target pirates, the statute allows for civil actions by aliens for wrongful ACTS "committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States".

此法律采用于1789年，可能以盗印者作为适用目标，也允许对做出“违反国家法律和美国条约”的不当行为的外国人提起民事诉讼。

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"The American people believe in immigration,". "But they also believe that we cannot tolerate a situation where people come to the United States in violation of the law."

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In a shocking breach of protocol and in apparent violation of the law, the man who until a few months ago stood at the helm of Israel's efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions attempted to take Israel's military option for striking Iran's nuclear installations off the table.

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And we consider an effort to assassinate a diplomat in the United States to be a flagrant violation of international law.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Francis was involved in another controversy last week when he told the Dallas Morning News that Delta Force units--whose existence the Pentagon is loath to confirm--may have taken part in the siege, a violation of the law.

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