lawbreaker
11
3.8
- noun
- /ˈlɔːˌbreɪkər/
:
delincuente
- We do not want to be lawbreakers.
Examples
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Would it surprise you to know that I was once a lawbreaker?
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As Cunningham vowed at one campus, "We will make an example out of lawbreakers."
Academic text (2000) -
But I think I see a lot of lawbreakers up in this house tonight.
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The punishment for all lesser lawbreakers was a fine.
Fiction book (1998) -
One other major concern is that lawbreakers who have paid their debt to society will face discrimination in hiring and housing.
Academic text (2009) -
Last I checked, we have police and state troopers to take care of lawbreakers.
Blog text (5) -
The voters can rest assured that, come Election Day, I will be just as thorough in my pursuit of lawbreakers.
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On these lands, the lawbreakers built their own housing, cultivated the soil, and produced their own food.
Academic text (2005) -
I will take these lawbreakers to the brig now if you don't mind.
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Many young people become lawbreakers when they feel they have no other options.
Synonyms
304
3.5
A person who has committed a crime or broken the law
153
3.9
A dishonest person who cheats or steals
22
8.4
A person who does bad things or breaks the law
19
5.1
A person who breaks a law or other rule
8
4.3
A person who breaks the law or hurts other people
5
9.9
A person who often ignores laws or court orders
3
7.7
A person who breaks a law or important rule
1
8.1
Someone who breaks a law or contract
A person who breaks the law
Antonyms
How Law-Abiding
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lawbreaker combines law ('rule') and break ('to not follow'), so it literally means someone who 'breaks the rules', a person who does something illegal.