as in criminal
a person who has committed a crime
legislation that mandates lengthy prison sentences for chronic lawbreakers
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On the second night of the Republican National Convention, several high-profile Republicans amplified Trump’s characterizations of undocumented immigrants as lawbreakers.
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Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow and, Miami Herald, 18 July 2024
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.
—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
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Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow and, Miami Herald, 18 July 2024
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.
—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
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“Lawbreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawbreaker. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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