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
Wyatt, however, became a master at convincing a lawbreaker to surrender his weapon.
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Literary Hub, 18 Nov. 2025
From blowing past a stop sign at Pittsburgh Arlington Pre K-8 to zipping through busy crosswalks outside schools in Beaver Falls, there were plenty of lawbreakers but not much law enforcement.
—Erika Stanish, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
The law needs to improve to protect law-abiding drivers from lawbreakers.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2025
Some of the lawbreakers reportedly jumped on the hood of the police car, which was then hit with fireworks before catching fire.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 8 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 18 Nov. 2025
From blowing past a stop sign at Pittsburgh Arlington Pre K-8 to zipping through busy crosswalks outside schools in Beaver Falls, there were plenty of lawbreakers but not much law enforcement.
—Erika Stanish, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
The law needs to improve to protect law-abiding drivers from lawbreakers.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2025
Some of the lawbreakers reportedly jumped on the hood of the police car, which was then hit with fireworks before catching fire.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawbreaker
Noun
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There’s no word on ICE having a special decoder ring that tracks only the criminals.—
Tressie McMillan Cottom,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Houser said that because the majority of Americans support removing serious criminals, the White House muddies the waters in an effort to maintain support for mass deportations.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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Despite the wholesale change in how California sentences juvenile offenders, outrage over the crime has not faded.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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In 2024, the Associated Press reported that inmates at a Virginia facility that predominantly holds mentally ill offenders were hospitalized for hypothermia at least 13 times over the course of three years.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Lawbreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawbreaker. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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