Also means
to trample
Usage Note
Atropellar primarily means to knock someone down with a vehicle, but it also carries a figurative sense of riding roughshod over someone's rights: atropellar los derechos de alguien. The noun atropello covers both the literal accident and any flagrant violation.
Examples
"Un coche atropelló al peatón."
Natural Translation
A car ran over the pedestrian.
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