Synonyms of lawbreakers

lawbreakers

noun

plural of lawbreaker

as in criminals

a person who has committed a crime

legislation that mandates lengthy prison sentences for chronic lawbreakers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• criminals
• offenders
• culprits
• defendants
• crooks
• malefactors
• miscreants
• perpetrators
• guns
• outlaws
• misdemeanants
• convicts
• principals
• accomplices
• trespassers
• villains
• desperadoes
• sinners
• thugs
• suspects
• wrongdoers
• jailbirds
• gangsters
• transgressors
• hoodlums
• racketeers
• hooligans
• mobsters
• perps
• recidivists
• fish
• backsliders
• arrestees
• evildoers
• detainees
• enforcers
• misdoers
• triggermen
• gunsels
• gunmen
• misfeasors
• blackhanders
• button men
• gallows birds
• relapsers
• accused
• repeaters
• hit men

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lawmen
• gangbusters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lawbreakers

Rollins is running for a job in justice, ostensibly to uphold the law and hold lawbreakers accountable. — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026

Pinecrest police ends the Facebook post warning other neighbors in the area to stay vigilant, and for potential lawbreakers to stay far away. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026

Three determined lawbreakers plot one last spree. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026

In similar manner, the true lawbreakers when innocent folks were brought to our shores between 1808 and 1865 were not the victims themselves. — Walter E Block, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026

Meanwhile, municipal courts around the state are adjusting to a new normal after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in December that cities cannot punish lawbreakers beyond what state statute would allow for the same offenses. — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026

Martha Cornelison agreed the border with Mexico needed to be secured and that serious lawbreakers should be deported. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 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