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lawbreaker

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of lawbreaker

a person who has committed a crime

legislation that mandates lengthy prison sentences for chronic lawbreakers

Synonyms of lawbreaker

criminal, crook, culprit, malefactor, miscreant, offender

Words Related to lawbreaker

accomplice, principal

desperado, outlaw

convict, jailbird

perp, perpetrator

evildoer, gallows bird, misdoer, misfeasor, sinner, transgressor, trespasser, villain, wrongdoer

blackhander, gangster, hoodlum, hooligan, mobster, racketeer, thug

enforcer, gun, gunman, hit man, triggerman

backslider, recidivist, relapser, repeater

accused, arrestee, defendant, detainee, fish, suspect

Near Antonyms of lawbreaker

gangbuster, lawman

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