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lawbreaker Definition

law·breaker (-brāk′ər)

noun

a person who violates the law

lawbreaker Related Forms

law·break′·ing adjective, noun

lawbreaker Synonyms

lawbreaker

n.

felon, offender, violator; see criminal.

lawbreaker Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • punish: It is time to let democracy back into Northern Ireland and to punish the lawbreaker not the lawmaker.
  • prosecute: The Corporation of Leicester made no attempt to prosecute the alleged Secularist lawbreakers, who had of course broken no law.
  • help: Once again the right to privacy of law-abiding individuals is being abridged supposedly to help catch lawbreakers.
  • become: If we say " No " , we become lawbreakers and subject to fines - which we agree are morally allowable.

Preposition: in

car: What a strange attitude some people have to lawbreakers in cars.