lawbreaking

Example Sentences

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To clarify this debate, we must distinguish between speech and lawbreaking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

That’s because it lacks a critical deterrent in white collar crime cases: criminal charges against TD’s top executives who were in place while the lawbreaking was in full cry.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

Starbucks has appealed that ruling and generally denies allegations and findings of lawbreaking.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 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