Definition: 1. An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct. 2. Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises. 3. A break in a relationship between people or countries.
'breach' example sentence:
The incident caused an irreparable breach between the two countries.
And on top of the operational costs there is the unquantifiable cost of a data breach.
This was such a great breach of etiquette, he hardly knew what to do.
They have a case against their directors for breach of fiduciary duty.
The film breached the criminal libel laws.
He admitted causing a breach of the peace.
The bomber had breached security by hurling his dynamite from a roof overlooking the building.
The enemy succeeded in making a large breach in the outer wall and swarmed in.
The congressman was accused of a breach of secrecy rules.
Fifty feet or less from this intersection was a line of riot cops plugging a ragged breach in the hated wall.
The trouble is that he fears building a prototype in his garage would breach local safety regulations.
The newspaper breached the code of conduct on privacy.
This is obviously a must-have to prevent impersonation attacks and, consequently, breach of privacy.
