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单词 lawbreaker
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Definition of lawbreaker in English:

lawbreaker

nounˈlɔːbreɪkəˈlɔˌbreɪkər
  • A person who breaks the law.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some 106 looters and other lawbreakers have been arrested.
    • But arresting lawbreakers and bringing them to trial in Australian courts is one thing.
    • Most people regard them as thieves of taxpayers' money and lawbreakers not lawmakers as politicians have recently been implicated in various corruption cases.
    • ‘Some of the lawbreakers have been detained because of their violation of the law, not because of their religious belief,’ he said.
    • And while lawbreakers should be prosecuted, there will be unintended consequences.
    • They're being criminalized and treated as lawbreakers.
    • Now, unfortunately, it seems that I am retroactively a lawbreaker.
    • We know we have to listen to victims, punish lawbreakers, ban criminals from ministry, and open up the decision-making process.
    • A record 116 suspected lawbreakers were arrested in one day, as officers who normally work behind the scenes swelled the ranks of those working on the campaign.
    • Well, clearly, they are nascent criminals, lawbreakers, and deviants.
    • ‘If the Government becomes a lawbreaker,’ he wrote, ‘it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.’
    • We said we would have a 3-year probation for immigrants during which lawbreakers would be deported, and there would be pre-arrival health screening, including screening for HIV.
    • We are tough on lawbreakers, and driving while disqualified is lawbreaking.
    • I mean, your critics are saying you can't be lawmakers and lawbreakers at the same time.
    • The police notice said authorities were pursuing lawbreakers who damaged public and private property and disturbed social order.
    • It is understandable that criminals are sometimes used to round up dangerous lawbreakers for national security and public safety.
    • Boomtowns always attract the criminal elements because lawbreakers know they will be overlooked in the chaos.
    • Now the victims, demonized as thugs and lawbreakers, are being sent out to various western cities.
    • It's a business grown dependent on lawbreakers and accomplices with little interference from authorities.
    • The essential arguments are that nothing in the policy excludes these cases and that to exclude them puts lawbreakers in a better position than entrants who declare themselves.
    Synonyms
    criminal, felon, wrongdoer, evil-doer, offender, delinquent, malefactor, reprobate, culprit
    villain, rogue, ruffian, hoodlum, desperado, outlaw, black hat
    rascal, transgressor, sinner, trespasser, violator, convict
    informal crook, con, jailbird, crim, wrong 'un, baddy
    Law malfeasant, infractor
    archaic miscreant

Derivatives

  • lawbreaking

  • adjective & nounˈlɔːˌbreɪkɪŋˈlɔˌbreɪkɪŋ
    • So, the Republicans will change the law to either politicize the prosecutor's office or retroactively legitimize past lawbreaking, and then proclaim themselves clean.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If we go back to the case of massive resistance to desegregation, we have another example of federal lawbreaking assisted by state officials.
      • But the prevalence of cultural relativism must take some blame too: For some, a culture of lawbreaking is just as valid as a culture of obedience to the law.
      • We are tough on lawbreakers, and driving while disqualified is lawbreaking.
      • What advice do you give them about effectively intentional lawbreaking?
      • On one occasion when Sue had seen blatant lawbreaking, the police arrived.
 
 

Definition of lawbreaker in US English:

lawbreaker

nounˈlôˌbrākərˈlɔˌbreɪkər
  • A person who violates the law.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's a business grown dependent on lawbreakers and accomplices with little interference from authorities.
    • They're being criminalized and treated as lawbreakers.
    • The essential arguments are that nothing in the policy excludes these cases and that to exclude them puts lawbreakers in a better position than entrants who declare themselves.
    • Well, clearly, they are nascent criminals, lawbreakers, and deviants.
    • ‘If the Government becomes a lawbreaker,’ he wrote, ‘it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.’
    • Now the victims, demonized as thugs and lawbreakers, are being sent out to various western cities.
    • I mean, your critics are saying you can't be lawmakers and lawbreakers at the same time.
    • And while lawbreakers should be prosecuted, there will be unintended consequences.
    • The police notice said authorities were pursuing lawbreakers who damaged public and private property and disturbed social order.
    • Boomtowns always attract the criminal elements because lawbreakers know they will be overlooked in the chaos.
    • We know we have to listen to victims, punish lawbreakers, ban criminals from ministry, and open up the decision-making process.
    • Some 106 looters and other lawbreakers have been arrested.
    • ‘Some of the lawbreakers have been detained because of their violation of the law, not because of their religious belief,’ he said.
    • Now, unfortunately, it seems that I am retroactively a lawbreaker.
    • We said we would have a 3-year probation for immigrants during which lawbreakers would be deported, and there would be pre-arrival health screening, including screening for HIV.
    • Most people regard them as thieves of taxpayers' money and lawbreakers not lawmakers as politicians have recently been implicated in various corruption cases.
    • A record 116 suspected lawbreakers were arrested in one day, as officers who normally work behind the scenes swelled the ranks of those working on the campaign.
    • We are tough on lawbreakers, and driving while disqualified is lawbreaking.
    • It is understandable that criminals are sometimes used to round up dangerous lawbreakers for national security and public safety.
    • But arresting lawbreakers and bringing them to trial in Australian courts is one thing.
    Synonyms
    criminal, felon, wrongdoer, evil-doer, offender, delinquent, malefactor, reprobate, culprit
 
 
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