lawbreaking

Example Sentences

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Compared with tax-law cases, criminal prosecutions of nonprofits or their donors would rightly face a much higher bar, because it must be proved that they intended to facilitate lawbreaking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

But Adams also argued that the protesters’ actions on Saturday negated the tiered approach, which is intended to ensure that police don’t use isolated incidents of lawbreaking to crack down on otherwise peaceful protests.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024

It also found that several high-level company officials lied to the administrative law judge to hide the company’s lawbreaking.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023

With all his lawbreaking, that's not how this should be settled in a country that abides by the rule of law.

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2023

Moral deterioration follows from the bad habits formed, from the encouragement to lawbreaking and independence of parental authority, and from the evil environment of the people and places with which they come into contact.

From Society Its Origin and Development by Rowe, Henry Kalloch