Definition of Lawbreaker

1. Noun. Someone who violates the law.

Exact synonyms: Law Offender, Violator
Generic synonyms: Criminal, Crook, Felon, Malefactor, Outlaw
Derivative terms: Violate

Definition of Lawbreaker

1. n. One who disobeys the law; a criminal.

Definition of Lawbreaker

1. Noun. One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lawbreaker

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lawbreaker

law of the tongue
law of thermodynamics
law of unintended consequences
law of volumes
law offender
law officer
law practice
law review
law reviews
law school
law schools
law student
law suit
lawbook
lawbooks
lawbreaker (current term)
lawbreakers
lawbreaking
lawbreakings
lawcourt
lawcourts
lawe
lawed
lawer
lawers
lawes
lawest
lawfare
lawful
lawful interception

Literary usage of Lawbreaker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Modern Review by Richard Acland Armstrong (1883)
"THE lawbreaker. are periods in the world's history, for the I most part in the earlier stages of civilisation, when the Lawgiver is the great want of the ..."

2. Behind the Screens: An English Woman's Impressions of Japan by Evelyn Adam (1910)
"... VIII THE lawbreaker AND THE LAW THE only people in Japan who are not properly overawed by the police are the very people that should be most fearful of ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"I think that the only duty a law observer owes to a lawbreaker Is "not to Intentionally Injure him." The disposition of many drivers of dangerous machines ..."

4. Textbook of Aerial Laws and Regulations for Aerial Navigation, International by Henry Woodhouse (1920)
"On receipt of a wireless message that the lawbreaker is at large, ... In this case the aerial policeman will order the lawbreaker by radio phone to land at ..."

5. Proceedings Before the Committee on Privileges and Elections of the United by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Privileges and Elections (1905)
"So. continuing the use of that expression, if Senator Smoot were in law to be defined as a lawbreaker, or a defier of law. what would be the duty of the ..."

6. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1912)
"In this edition, " Love in a Mask " appears for the first time in America. Cloth. Price, $1.00 net. Lady Eleanor: lawbreaker BY ..."

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