lawbreakers

Example Sentences

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Activists had expressed concerns that despite the tough laws, lawbreakers were not being reigned in.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

A day later, Tehran’s prosecutor called the claim “nonsense” and said the country would act firmly and swiftly against lawbreakers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

This time, though, we know who the lawbreakers are, but at least initially, not their very human, messy motivations.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025

Noting that the unrest was confined to a small section of downtown, Hochman promised to hold the lawbreakers accountable and disputed that Los Angeles was “under siege.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025

There is something radically wrong with social conditions which compel men who find762 every avenue from exposure and starvation closed, to become lawbreakers in order to live.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)