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
• Officers would warn protest leaders not to break the law.
  — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2025
• 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
• But there are also many thrill seekers who are willing to break the law to get cool video footage of a place where nobody else has been.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
• 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
• 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
• 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
• None of the informants, the report said, were authorized to enter the Capitol or a restricted area, or to break the law.
  — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 12 Dec. 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
• Grant was unwilling to withdraw troops and let Klansmen impede the right to vote and wantonly violate the law.
  — Brittany Friedman / Made By History, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
• However, even if the president violated the law, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity last year gives presidents wide latitude to bend the rules or even break the law without repercussions.
  — Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 7 Mar 2025