as in criminal
a person who has committed a crime
legislation that mandates lengthy prison sentences for chronic lawbreakers
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Recent Examples of lawbreaker
But understand this: Under President Trump, America’s borders are closed to lawbreakers.
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 18 Feb. 2025
The mayor of Boston wants everyone to know that her city is all about the fundamentally American value of protecting lawbreakers.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 25 Mar. 2025
Republicans serving in Congress and the state Legislature, who always tout law and order, shamelessly sided with the lawbreakers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
The corpus of crime-and-punishment imagery that emerged during this era tended to feature sensational events and high-profile lawbreakers rather than emphasizing the uniform anonymity that would increasingly characterize the new penal system and the majority of inmates.
—Sarah C. Schaefer, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 18 Feb. 2025
The mayor of Boston wants everyone to know that her city is all about the fundamentally American value of protecting lawbreakers.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 25 Mar. 2025
Republicans serving in Congress and the state Legislature, who always tout law and order, shamelessly sided with the lawbreakers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
The corpus of crime-and-punishment imagery that emerged during this era tended to feature sensational events and high-profile lawbreakers rather than emphasizing the uniform anonymity that would increasingly characterize the new penal system and the majority of inmates.
—Sarah C. Schaefer, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawbreaker
criminal
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But with this bill, Republicans are laying the groundwork to gut safeguards that stopped criminals from getting these deadly weapons.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
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Recently, however, the technology has been used by criminals for purposes of sextortion.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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“Lawbreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawbreaker. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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