violate

v. to break or act against something, especially a law, agreement, principle or something that should be treated with respect
  They were charged with violating federal law.
  A school district was accused Wednesday of violating the civil rights of a student who was suspended for wearing a T-shirt saying "Homosexuality is Shameful."

  A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court decision that a large white cross sitting on federal land in the Mojave desert violates the constitutional guarantee of separation of church and state and should be removed.

violation n.
  In March, a Miami funeral home was sued for selling a body to Lynn University, where students in mortuary science embalmed it in violation of the dead woman's Jewish faith.
  The ACLU considers the program to be in violation of the First Amendment.