παραβιάζομαι

A. do a thing by force against nature or law, LXX De. 1.43; use violence, περὶ τῶν τοιούτων Plb. 24.8.3.

II. c. acc., π. τὸν χάρακα force the palisade, Id. 21.27.7; π. τινά constrain, compel him, LXX 4 Ki. 2.17, al., Ev.Luc. 24.29, Act.Ap. 16.15; of arguments or explanations, τὸ ἀδύνατον π. Epicur. Ep. 2p.36U., Nat. 107 G.; μύθους π. καὶ διαστρέφειν to do them violence, Plu. 2.19f, cf. Lyc. 6; constrain, c. inf., Onos. 19.2 (Pass.):—Act. in Gal. 5.287.