The phrase "violate a rule" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to break or go against a rule or regulation. Example: The student was expelled for repeatedly violating the school's dress code.
Actions that have good consequences are bad if those actions violate a rule; for example, appropriating private property is generally considered to be morally wrong even though the property that is appropriated is food for starving children.
Other Senate rules: use secret handshake, speak in iambic pentameter, drag Stone of Shame if you violate a rule.
Even though I'm almost never travelling in first class, it frustrates me to see other travelers so clearly violate a rule which is so fundamental.
Be sure to let them know, at that time, what the consequences will be if they violate a rule (for example: if you violate the 9pm curfew, you will be grounded for two weeks).
These studies are known, however, to invariably violate a rule of dispersal studies in significantly influencing the behaviour of released insects due to inflicting physical damage.
The dummy cannot comment on the strategic decisions of the declarer, but is allowed to point out when the declarer would accidentally violate a rule of the game.
If the tenant violates a rule, be sure the manager knows how to properly document violations in case the evidence is needed for litigation in the future.
Shaub told the Times, "If you need a retroactive waiver, you have violated a rule".
"If you need a retroactive waiver, you have violated a rule," he told the Times.
The railroad also violated a rule requiring it to provide locomotive inspection reports to federal investigators.
(Mr. Cuomo said the passes violated a rule against providing compensation to the board. The free passes were eventually eliminated).
