lawbreaker
a person who breaks or violates the law.
Origin of lawbreaker
1Other words for lawbreaker
Other words from lawbreaker
- law·break·ing, noun, adjective
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How to use lawbreaker in a sentence
The feds have a saying for those types of situations where lawbreaking is required: “badly captured, well held.”
No other speakers had urged the strikers as vigorously as the Socialists to abstain from violence or lawbreaking.
Comrade Yetta | Albert EdwardsThere are a lot of things which we must not see, a certain amount of lawbreaking which we must not notice.
The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail | Ralph ConnorIn all this letter there is no distinction between the law-abiding and lawbreaking sections of the community.
The Story of a Dark Plot | A. L. O. C.For orderly and law-abiding people the disorderly and lawbreaking people always have an immense fascination anyhow.
Europe Revised | Irvin S. Cobb
Desperate he was and lawbreaking, for law is law, whosoever it bears hard upon; but the heart was warm within him.
The Trawler | James Brendan Connolly
British Dictionary definitions for lawbreaker
/ (ˈlɔːˌbreɪkə) /
a person who breaks the law
informal something that does not conform with legal standards or requirements
Derived forms of lawbreaker
- lawbreaking, noun, adjective
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