Examples of break/violate the law in a Sentence
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Commissioners, who serve two-year terms, are responsible for deciding whether to approve beer, wine and liquor license applications and for reprimanding bars, restaurants and other liquor license-holders who break the law or the board’s regulations.
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Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2024
Legislative staff said during a Tuesday committee that masking for health purposes would violate the law.
—CBS News, 17 May 2024
Daniel O’Shea, a former high-ranking official for the Chicago Police Department, said that law enforcement would be watching for signs of agitators who join a protest with the intent to disrupt it or break the law.
—Mitch Smith, New York Times, 8 May 2024
This year, in yet another unusual twist, a judge in D.C. found cause to believe Trump may have used his attorney to break the law in connection with the Mar-a-Lago papers.
—Russell Lewis, NPR, 7 May 2024
But you are not allowed to violate campus rules and policies and break the law.
—ABC News, 5 May 2024
Individuals who violate the law face a minimum 12 years in prison, according to an April advisory from the US Embassy in the Bahamas.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
Stephan’s office previously found that people living outside are simultaneously more likely to break the law and be victimized.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2024
Youth in Crisis: Maine hoped to be in the vanguard of a movement to transform how governments deal with teenagers who break the law.
—Callie Ferguson Ashley L. Conti, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2024
Legislative staff said during a Tuesday committee that masking for health purposes would violate the law.
—CBS News, 17 May 2024
Daniel O’Shea, a former high-ranking official for the Chicago Police Department, said that law enforcement would be watching for signs of agitators who join a protest with the intent to disrupt it or break the law.
—Mitch Smith, New York Times, 8 May 2024
This year, in yet another unusual twist, a judge in D.C. found cause to believe Trump may have used his attorney to break the law in connection with the Mar-a-Lago papers.
—Russell Lewis, NPR, 7 May 2024
But you are not allowed to violate campus rules and policies and break the law.
—ABC News, 5 May 2024
Individuals who violate the law face a minimum 12 years in prison, according to an April advisory from the US Embassy in the Bahamas.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
Stephan’s office previously found that people living outside are simultaneously more likely to break the law and be victimized.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2024
Youth in Crisis: Maine hoped to be in the vanguard of a movement to transform how governments deal with teenagers who break the law.
—Callie Ferguson Ashley L. Conti, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
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