verbs - Does the "she was found in violation of..." "she was violated" equivalence have a name?


This is a follow-up to this question: Why is "violated" being used as future perfect with a person as the object?


At that question, it was established that there is a jargon/slang usage of the word "violated" within the aviation community that means "found to be in violation of". As in "The pilot will be violated..." means "The pilot will be found in violation of a regulation" in that context.


Does this type of thing have a name?


Are you aware of any other verbs that have been inverted like this? For example, something like this completely made up example: "She was found to be in possession of drugs" meaning the same thing as, "She was possessed", even if only in a slang/non-standard/jargon context?




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