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
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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
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Doctors who break the law face fines and up to two years in prison.
—Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
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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
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In fact, the city’s own chatbot is encouraging users to break the law.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
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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
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Some states have created strict penalties for providers who break the law.
—Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 27 June 2023
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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
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Burch said that his group does not encourage supporters to break the law.
—Jill Cowan, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
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But you are not allowed to violate campus rules and policies and break the law.
—ABC News, 5 May 2024
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And federal courts have repeatedly ruled that the grants did not break the law.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
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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
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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
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Did Justin Bibb, the Cleveland Mayor break the law with his selections for the new police commiss?
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022
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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
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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
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Statistically, the most likely to violate the law are drivers in the 20 to 40 age group.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
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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
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Cammack, however, said Paxton never asked him to break the law.
—Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
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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
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The former president asked the Brooks to violate the law in an effort to overturn the 2020 election, according to Brooks.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 27 July 2023
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Businesses that violate the law can be fined, among other things.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2023
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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
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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
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Did Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb break the law with his selections for the new police commission?
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022
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The question this time is whether a former president, Donald Trump, conspired with his allies to break the law and attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
—Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
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Florida’s law penalizes doctors who violate the law with up to five years in prison.
—Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 27 June 2023
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Opposition leaders accuse him of being the first prime minister to break the law in office.
—Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2023
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Moore said that instances of violence like in Morin’s case have nothing to do with immigrants or immigration, but people who break the law.
—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2024
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Lawyers for the former president, seeking to free him of any guilt associated with the events on Jan. 6 three years ago, successfully argued the country’s head of state can break the law provided his action can be deemed an official act.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2024
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