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Synonyms for lawbreaking


Grammar : Noun
Spell : law-brey-ker
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔˌbreɪ kər



Définition of lawbreaking

Origin :
  • also law-breaker, mid-15c., from law + agent noun from break (v.).
  • noun felony
Example sentences :
  • Desperate he was and lawbreaking, for law is law, whosoever it bears hard upon; but the heart was warm within him.
  • Extract from : « The Trawler » by James Brendan Connolly
  • For orderly and law-abiding people the disorderly and lawbreaking people always have an immense fascination anyhow.
  • Extract from : « Europe Revised » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • In all this letter there is no distinction between the law-abiding and lawbreaking sections of the community.
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Dark Plot » by A. L. O. C.
  • No other speakers had urged the strikers as vigorously as the Socialists to abstain from violence or lawbreaking.
  • Extract from : « Comrade Yetta » by Albert Edwards
  • There are a lot of things which we must not see, a certain amount of lawbreaking which we must not notice.
  • Extract from : « The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail » by Ralph Connor

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