break/violate the law

idiom

: to do something illegal

Examples of break/violate the law in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Watching the footage from that speech, the context and tone do leave a certain amount of ambiguity — especially in the wake of remarks Trump made in the same speech about immigrants who break the law in America. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 July 2024 Inside the White House, a former senior official told me, Trump was constantly enraged that his Cabinet wouldn’t break the law for him. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024 Just like thousands of other addicts scattered across major American cities today, I was mostly allowed to break the law with impunity and slowly die in public view. David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024 The answer could go a long way toward answering whether the district used Proposition 28 funds to replace district funds, which Beutner and others contend would violate the law. Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for break/violate the law 

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“Break/violate the law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/break%2Fviolate%20the%20law. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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