Timeline for What do you call an action that is less serious than a "crime" (that is not illegal, just against rules)?
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| Aug 6, 2018 at 15:25 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | @trlkly - Not all rules are written rules. | |
| Aug 6, 2018 at 11:04 | comment | added | trlkly | @J.R. The OP, when you include the title, actually says it is against the rules. There thus is a written code that is being violated. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 22:19 | comment | added | Ronald Sole | One can hardly read through this chapter of answers without wondering whether they might be useful to the Vatican in consigning sinners to suitable periods in purgatory or the appropriate circle of hell. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 20:30 | comment | added | JimmyJames | I think this answer is at least as good as my suggestion: infraction. They are basically synonyms. People say things like "that's a violation" 'of the rules' is implicit. It doesn't sound right in this specific sentence for reasons I can't explain but still helpful. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 20:04 | comment | added | Mr Lister | The single word "violation" doesn't fit in the OP's sentence. You always need to say "violation of the rules" or similar. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 20:04 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | This only works, though, if there is some written code prohibiting the behavior. In the OP's scenario, for example, if there is no school dress code that specifies "no pink or green hair," then "violation" isn't so apropos. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 17:02 | history | answered | Jeff Zeitlin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |