Synonyms of lawbreaker

lawbreaker

noun

ˈlȯ-ˌbrā-kər 

as in criminal

a person who has committed a crime

legislation that mandates lengthy prison sentences for chronic lawbreakers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• criminal
• offender
• culprit
• defendant
• crook
• malefactor
• miscreant
• perpetrator
• misdemeanant
• outlaw
• transgressor
• accomplice
• sinner
• wrongdoer
• trespasser
• convict
• villain
• thug
• jailbird
• principal
• desperado
• suspect
• gangster
• perp
• racketeer
• hoodlum
• recidivist
• gun
• mobster
• hooligan
• backslider
• evildoer
• fish
• arrestee
• gunsel
• triggerman
• enforcer
• detainee
• misdoer
• misfeasor
• gunman
• gallows bird
• blackhander
• accused
• button man
• hit man
• repeater
• relapser

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lawman
• gangbuster

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lawbreaker

Los Angeles County public officials are vowing to crack down on people stealing from homes as devastating wildfires rip through the region, insisting that lawbreakers will face consequences. —Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025

Hochman said his office would specifically go after lawbreakers linked to gangs. —Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Dec. 2024

But this harlequin moll can’t match Joker’s lunacy as either lawbreaker or musician. —Armond White, National Review, 29 Nov. 2024

The county jail has become a catchall for both lawbreakers and mentally ill people, due to a lack of appropriate facilities or programs to treat mental illness, according to Krish Gundu, co-founder and executive director of Texas Jail Project, a jail reform advocacy group. —Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 8 July 2024