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lawbreaking

adj

Etymology

From law + breaking.

Definitions

  1. unlawful

    unlawful; illegal.

    • We have a place for lawbreaking citizens like you.
    • To make this penalty hang like a Sword of Damocles over every lawbreaking alien apprehended in this country
    • Although church leaders argue they're trying to help the most vulnerable in society, some, including parishioners, argue they're helping the most lawbreaking.

  2. The commission of a criminal act, the violation or breaking of a law.

    • His lawbreaking ended only when he was hanged for it.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA