lawbreaking
- a word derived from lawbreaker.
Example Sentences
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Similarly, Newport Beach had warned partygoers to avoid lawbreaking before the takeover.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Compared with tax-law cases, criminal prosecutions of nonprofits or their donors would rightly face a much higher bar, because it must be proved that they intended to facilitate lawbreaking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
That’s because it lacks a critical deterrent in white collar crime cases: criminal charges against TD’s top executives who were in place while the lawbreaking was in full cry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
Santos was expelled from the House in December following a damaging ethics committee report that determined there was “overwhelming evidence” of lawbreaking and that he “cannot be trusted.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
Moral deterioration follows from the bad habits formed, from the encouragement to lawbreaking and independence of parental authority, and from the evil environment of the people and places with which they come into contact.
From Society Its Origin and Development by Rowe, Henry Kalloch
