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Synonyms for lawbreaker


Grammar : Noun
Spell : law-brey-ker
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔˌbreɪ kər

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Définition of lawbreaker

Origin :
  • also law-breaker, mid-15c., from law + agent noun from break (v.).
  • noun criminal
Example sentences :
  • Since then Wade, besides insulting me, has proved himself a lawbreaker.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Gold » by Wilder Anthony
  • Pima Pete had been a lawbreaker, and there was a reward out for him.
  • Extract from : « Motor Matt's Race » by Stanley R. Matthews
  • If we ask what his character is, the answer must be, "He is a lawbreaker."
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: » by Alfred Plummer
  • One does not have to break all the laws to become a lawbreaker.
  • Extract from : « Studies in the Epistle of James » by A. T. Robertson
  • Thou thinkest me a thief, a lawbreaker, because I took that fellow's knife?'
  • Extract from : « Oriental Encounters » by Marmaduke Pickthall
  • It was not that she would have him be a lawbreaker; it was that she could not bear to see him deny his manhood.
  • Extract from : « The Light of Western Stars » by Zane Grey
  • He was as daring a lawbreaker as ever built or wrecked a railroad.
  • Extract from : « The Vision Spendid » by William MacLeod Raine
  • The difficulty, such as it is, would be met by throwing the burden of proving ignorance on the lawbreaker.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • All this conveys the impression to the simple-minded that law is not enforced, if the lawbreaker have a powerful friend.
  • Extract from : « Democracy and Social Ethics » by Jane Addams
  • He would not even discuss those misty, unknown comrades with this lawbreaker.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris on the Trail » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

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