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Violate:                         break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement).
Synonyms:                     contravene, breach, infringe, break

Discrimination:           the unjust or prejudicial treatment on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
Synonyms:                    prejudice, bias, bigotry, intolerance

Cordon :                      a line or circle of police, soldiers, or guards preventing access to or from      an area or building.
Synonyms:                   barrier, line, column, isolate, segregate,

Apex:                           the top or highest part of something
Synonyms:                    tip, peak, summit, pinnacle, top,  crest, vertex

Plea:                             a request made in an urgent and emotional manner.
Synonyms:                    appeal, entreaty, supplication, petition, prayer

Camouflaged:             hide or disguise the presence of a person or object by means of   camouflage.
Synonyms:                   disguise, hide, conceal, cloak, mask

Hooligan:                   a violent young troublemaker. Ex-"a drunken hooligan"
Synonyms:                  vandal, ruffian, rowdy, hoodlum

Vague:                         of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning.
Synonyms:                   indistinct, indefinite, indeterminate, unclear.

Segregate:                   set apart from the rest or from each other; isolate or divide.
Synonyms:                   isolate, quarantine, insulate, exclude

Lascivious:                  feeling or revealing an overt sexual interest or desire.
Synonyms:                   lewd, lustful, salacious, licentious,
                                 
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