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Examples of lawbreaker in a Sentence
He admitted to being a lawbreaker.
legislation that mandates lengthy prison sentences for chronic lawbreakers
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The premise of my first book (Hello, Shadowlands) is that lawbreakers tend to be rational actors, not just black-hearted ghouls.
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Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
If stopping lawbreakers in their tracks means breaching an embassy, then so be it, Ecuadorians interviewed over the weekend told The Associated Press.
—Regina Garcia Cano and Gabriela Molina, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024
The Kremlin has portrayed Navalny and his supporters as lawbreakers and tools of the West, acting to destabilize Russia.
—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2024
On April 11, 2019, Assange was arrested on a U.S. charge of hacking military computers and dragged from the door of the embassy and taken to Belmarsh Prison in London, which houses some of Britain's most dangerous lawbreakers.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
But while Grossman’s defense team seized on the plating issue to paint Erickson as a lawbreaker, the lead prosecutor dismissed the revelation as a years-old red herring.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
Who besides lawbreakers want their transactions to go utterly undetected by third parties?
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
In what is one of the strictest bans on the products, lawbreakers face fines and up to four years in jail.
—Jennifer McDermott and Carlos Mureithi, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
Republican state representatives showed up to a June meeting to blast her as a lawbreaker.
—Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2023
Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
If stopping lawbreakers in their tracks means breaching an embassy, then so be it, Ecuadorians interviewed over the weekend told The Associated Press.
—Regina Garcia Cano and Gabriela Molina, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024
The Kremlin has portrayed Navalny and his supporters as lawbreakers and tools of the West, acting to destabilize Russia.
—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2024
On April 11, 2019, Assange was arrested on a U.S. charge of hacking military computers and dragged from the door of the embassy and taken to Belmarsh Prison in London, which houses some of Britain's most dangerous lawbreakers.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
But while Grossman’s defense team seized on the plating issue to paint Erickson as a lawbreaker, the lead prosecutor dismissed the revelation as a years-old red herring.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
Who besides lawbreakers want their transactions to go utterly undetected by third parties?
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
In what is one of the strictest bans on the products, lawbreakers face fines and up to four years in jail.
—Jennifer McDermott and Carlos Mureithi, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
Republican state representatives showed up to a June meeting to blast her as a lawbreaker.
—Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2023
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“Lawbreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawbreaker. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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