LAWBREAKER Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

lawbreaker

noun

ˈlȯ-ˌbrā-kər

Definition of lawbreaker next

as in criminal

a person who has committed a crime legislation that mandates lengthy prison sentences for chronic lawbreakers

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Recent Examples of lawbreaker Federal authorities had promised swift action against lawbreakers this weekend. —

City News Service, Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026 Bondi met in Washington with the lawbreaker and his fiancé a few days later. —

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026 As politicians in both parties warned that lawbreakers in the crowd would pay, Webster suppressed a pang of fear. —

Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026 Wyatt, however, became a master at convincing a lawbreaker to surrender his weapon. —

Literary Hub, 18 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lawbreaker

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Göring, played by Russell Crowe, is the troubling centerpiece of James Vanderbilt’s ambitious film devoted to the trial of the major Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg in 1945–1946.

— Alice Kaplan, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Also included is a 13% increase in funding for the Department of Justice to focus on violent criminals and a $481 million increase in funding to enhance aviation safety and support an air traffic controller hiring surge.

— LISA MASCARO, Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2026