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Synonyms for lawbreaker

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for lawbreaker

one who commits a crime

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Synonyms for lawbreaker

someone who violates the law

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This is by no means the first incident - the Birmingham Mail has revealed how an epidemic of lawbreaking has swept through Birmingham.
"What is not part of our democracy is that sort of violence and lawbreaking. It's not right.
Combinations of childhood emotional and behavioral disorders showed a particularly strong relationship to serious forms of adult lawbreaking. For instance, 13 percent of depressed children who also abused drugs committed serious offenses as young adults.
As they seem completely disinterested in enforcing the law, perhaps the Echo could approach the Chief Constable and ask her to explain, in the light of the tragedy, why her officers have allowed these people to carry out their lawbreaking.
An informative Q&A concerning the parameters of the law and the consequences of lawbreaking, this handbook is remarkably applicable to YAs' needs.
Yet in most instances, the threat of impeachment effectively checked lawbreaking, irresponsible, or incompetent executives.
Relieved publican Alan Potter is still pulling pints ( after boardroom lawbreaking almost put him behind the wrong kind of bars.
An argument against the campaign might include the idea that his company is making light of his lawbreaking.
A scathing indictment of the Israeli government's "institutional lawbreaking," widespread fraud and outright theft of private Palestinian land was handed to Sharon last week in the form of an official report on the financing of the illegal outposts.
Deputy Justice Minister Hugh Henry pledged that the Executive would back law-abiding communities against the lawbreaking minority who couldn't care less.
Thailand will start live internet broadcasts of life in prison - including convicts' last moments before execution - in a bid to deter lawbreaking, especially among drug dealers.
The result: Starz Behind Barz, cards that feature mugshots of lawbreaking celebs, along with their misdemeanors.
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