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contravention

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[ US /ˌkɑntɹəˈvɛntʃən/ ]
[ UK /kˌɒntɹəvˈɛnʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. coming into conflict with

How To Use contravention In A Sentence

  • So why would the BBC ignore a story about an African government's armed forces bombing a town and killing civilians in contravention of a peace deal and UN Security Council resolutions? Another story that the BBC won't be covering, preferring instead to cover Israel's wickedness
  • It permits the manager to grant permissions in material contravention of the development plan.
  • He said that the report commissioned by the Government had not found any justification to ban the sport outright and that a joint committee had recently indicated such a ban would be in contravention of human rights laws.
  • This was a clear contravention of the rules.
  • Publication in contravention of this provision is an offence punishable on summary conviction with a fine not exceeding £1,000.
  • The inspection did not identify any contraventions.
  • He said that councillors were being asked to vote without full information when a material contravention came before them.
  • These powers must be exercised on consideration of the likelihood of damage or distress caused by the contravention of the Act.
  • He added that although strict new measures were recently introduced to dispose of swill as quarantine waste, Transnet previously contracted out waste disposal to private companies which profited by selling it to farmers as pigswill in contravention of international practice, the report said. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • The contravention of intactness and operation efficiency in board-level simulating model is figured out by PCL program, associate with software arithmetic model.
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