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v. Present participle of contravene. (to act contrary or to deny something.)

"Again, I am not trying to advocate the practice, but in truth the FBI is not "contravening" anything because they are quite simply not subject to the laws of the European Union."

contravened    contravenes    contravening   

breach    break    violate    go against    offend   

violate    defeat   

contravention   

defeat    thwart    nullify    contradict    set aside