lawbreakers

Example Sentences

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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

Following years of overexploitation in the Amazon rainforest -- due mainly to illegal logging -- the government began to take tough countermeasures, introducing satellite surveillance and deploying the military to tackle lawbreakers.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

Hogg Hummock landowner Richard Banks equated that to the county letting lawbreakers make the rules.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023

But his reign as sheriff had been a terror to lawbreakers.

From Crooked Trails and Straight by Hutchison, D. C.