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He admitted to being a lawbreaker.
legislation that mandates lengthy prison sentences for chronic lawbreakers
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But the border has not been secured, and there seems no prospect of the border being secured any time soon; as a result, there exists a great deal of skepticism toward rewarding yet another generation of lawbreakers.
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The Editors, National Review, 19 June 2024
The sanctions represented a novel attempt to enforce this body of law—to give teeth to often ignored prohibitions and to impose meaningful costs on the most powerful of lawbreakers.
—Benjamin Alter, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2017
The premise of my first book (Hello, Shadowlands) is that lawbreakers tend to be rational actors, not just black-hearted ghouls.
—Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
If stopping lawbreakers in their tracks means breaching an embassy, then so be it, Ecuadorians interviewed over the weekend told The Associated Press.
—Regina Garcia Cano and Gabriela Molina, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024
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The Editors, National Review, 19 June 2024
The sanctions represented a novel attempt to enforce this body of law—to give teeth to often ignored prohibitions and to impose meaningful costs on the most powerful of lawbreakers.
—Benjamin Alter, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2017
The premise of my first book (Hello, Shadowlands) is that lawbreakers tend to be rational actors, not just black-hearted ghouls.
—Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
If stopping lawbreakers in their tracks means breaching an embassy, then so be it, Ecuadorians interviewed over the weekend told The Associated Press.
—Regina Garcia Cano and Gabriela Molina, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Lawbreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawbreaker. Accessed 3 Jul. 2024.
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