Definition of lawbreaker
: a person who violates the law
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He admitted to being a lawbreaker.
legislation that mandates lengthy prison sentences for chronic lawbreakers
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Stop protecting lawbreakers and giving all officers more dangerous work to do so that a few politicians can score political points on the backs of officer safety.
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The gun-toting men wearing headgear and zipping through the streets of Covington on bicycles are not lawbreakers.
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In his book, Biden writes that some parts of that crime bill always troubled him, including its three-strikes-and-you’re-out provision that sent some federal lawbreakers to prison for life.
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Silas Rose, his son, Tyler, and Richard Burke were honored by Chief Joel Herzog for their quick actions in stopping alleged lawbreakers in separate incidents two days apart.
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Trump's staunchest supporters consider any route to citizenship for the Dreamers amnesty for lawbreakers.
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The problem is the direct result of failing to deal correctly with campus lawbreakers.
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The attorney general, who is tasked with bringing charges against likely lawbreakers, brought charges.
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But wardens also encounter weird situations, jaw-dropping whoppers told by poachers trying to cover their misdeeds and lawbreakers posting on social media.
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First Known Use of lawbreaker
15th century
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evildoer, gallows bird, misdoer, misfeasor, sinner, transgressor, trespasser, villain, wrongdoer;
blackhander, gangster, hoodlum, hooligan, mobster, racketeer, thug;
enforcer, gun, gunman, hit man, triggerman;
LAWBREAKER Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of lawbreaker for English Language Learners
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: a person who does something that is not legal : a person who breaks the law
LAWBREAKER Defined for Kids
Definition of lawbreaker for Students
: a person who breaks the law
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