"violate rules" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to say that someone has broken a rule. Example: The student was suspended because he violated the school's rules.
The dictionary defines "cheating" as "to violate rules dishonestly".
An organization is often suspended when several members of a team violate rules of conduct.
He did not willfully violate rules of engagement, nor did he authorize flight crews to file false reports.
More generally, bankers are concerned because many leases allow drillers to operate in ways that violate rules in landowners' mortgages.
After age two they will playfully violate rules on acceptable behaviour in order to test the validity of that standard.
The bill would provide protection to workers who speak up after refusing a manager's direction to violate rules or regulations.
One reason you violate Rule No. 1 is because you've already violated Rule No. 2: "Never want it more than they do".
What behavior would violate rule 10b-5 under the classical theory but not under the misappropriation theory?
That would violate rule number two.
-- and nothing was found that violated rules or laws".
It doesn't take much to realize the Forest Service not only violated safety rules, they violated rules of common sense".
