How to Use break/violate the law in a Sentence

break/violate the law

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• But why should anyone have to break the law to watch the Mets?
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 6 July 2023
• They’re allowed to break the law or come right up to the edge of breaking the law.
  — Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022
• Doctors who break the law face fines and up to two years in prison.
  — Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
• Not so, for minions who might break the law doing Trump's dirty work.
  — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
• The money, Michel said, was his — not Low's — and the intent was not to break the law, but to secure the photo for Low.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2023
• In fact, the city’s own chatbot is encouraging users to break the law.
  — Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
• Moroccans who violate the law could face six months to three years in prison and a fine of up to 1000 dirhams.
  — Averi Kremposky, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
• Some states have created strict penalties for providers who break the law.
  — Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 27 June 2023
• If the jury finds the ads did not break the law, the transactions used to move the money around would also be legal.
  — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2023
• Burch said that his group does not encourage supporters to break the law.
  — Jill Cowan, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
• But you are not allowed to violate campus rules and policies and break the law.
  — ABC News, 5 May 2024
• And federal courts have repeatedly ruled that the grants did not break the law.
  — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• Those who violate the law face a misdemeanor that can be punished with up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine.
  — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
• Harris has spent her career on the side of the people, prosecuting those who break the law.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
• Youth in Crisis: Maine hoped to be in the vanguard of a movement to transform how governments deal with teenagers who break the law.
  — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• Youth in Crisis: Maine hoped to be in the vanguard of a movement to transform how governments deal with teenagers who break the law.
  — Callie Ferguson Ashley L. Conti, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• The vehicle in the viral video did technically break the law, but not with its spiked rims.
  — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Nov. 2024
• Those who violate the law face a misdemeanor charge punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024
• Did Justin Bibb, the Cleveland Mayor break the law with his selections for the new police commiss?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022
• Criminal law exists to punish people who choose to break the law, not for conduct that is not a choice.
  — Erwin Chemerinsky, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
• True, there will be wartime actors who break the law, and civilians will continue to suffer as a result.
  — Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
• Between the lines: Not all businesses are setting out to break the law, Pedini adds.
  — Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
• Statistically, the most likely to violate the law are drivers in the 20 to 40 age group.
  — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
• Defense lawyers said the doctors only wanted to help save lives during the war and that the undercover agent coerced them to break the law.
  — CBS News, 2 June 2023
• Cammack, however, said Paxton never asked him to break the law.
  — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
• At the city council meeting April 24, Ouellette told commissioners that Hvegholm didn’t pose a threat or break the law.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
• The former president asked the Brooks to violate the law in an effort to overturn the 2020 election, according to Brooks.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 27 July 2023
• Businesses that violate the law can be fined, among other things.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2023
• Doctors who break the law would not be charged with a crime, but could be disciplined by a regulatory board.
  — Adam Beam, Star Tribune, 15 Jan. 2021
• Now, some of the same judges who had asked him to break the law were dismissing him for what struck him as comparatively small-scale misconduct.
  — Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 6 Jan 2025