transgress vs violate

transgress

verb
  • To act in violation of some law. 

  • To commit an offense; to sin. 

  • To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary. 

  • To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate. 

violate

verb
  • To cite (a person) for a parole violation. 

  • To break or disregard (a rule or convention). 

  • To rape. 

How often have the words transgress and violate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )