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Lawbreaking

lawbreaker \law"break`er\, law-breaker \law"-break`er\, n. One who disobeys the law; someone who violates the law; a criminal.

Syn: violator, lawbreaker, law breaker, perpetrator. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.

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lawbreaking

a. unlawful; illegal. n. The commission of a criminal act, the violation or breaking of a law.

Usage examples of "lawbreaking".

More daunting than mere lawbreaking, too, was imagining the revenge Piet Hardie would take on him if he tried and failed.

He was a callow youth with a simple idea of lawbreaking and had suffered no setbacks in the wars of love.

These were the brawlers, drunks and troublemakers who were guilty of enough chronic lawbreaking as to be facing the Prince's justice.