Syn: violator, lawbreaker, law breaker, perpetrator. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- {Law"break`ing}, n. & a. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
lawbreaking — index bribery, culpable, delinquency (misconduct), delinquent (guilty of a misdeed), disobedient, disorderly, felonious … Law dictionary
lawbreaking — noun The commission of a criminal act, the violation or breaking of a law. His lawbreaking ended only when he was hanged for it … Wiktionary
lawbreaking — adjective or noun see lawbreaker … New Collegiate Dictionary
lawbreaking — Synonyms and related words: breach of law, civil disobedience, contravention, crime, criminal tendency, criminality, criminosis, disobedience, evil courses, evildoing, feloniousness, frowardness, indiscipline, indocility, infraction, infringement … Moby Thesaurus
lawbreaking — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. felony, violation, offense; see crime 1 , 2 … English dictionary for students
lawbreaking — n. act of violating the law, act of breaking the law adj. transgressing, violating the law, criminal … English contemporary dictionary
lawbreaking — n offense, violation, contravention, infraction, breach, infringement; misdemeanor, Law. delict, transgression, fault, misdeed, wrongdoing, Law. malfeasance, Law. misfeasance; Law. felony, capital crime, outrage; moral offense, error, sin, wrong … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
lawbreaking — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : the act of violating the law … Useful english dictionary
act of lawbreaking — index misdemeanor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
lawbreaker — lawbreaking, n., adj. /law bray keuhr/, n. a person who breaks or violates the law. [bef. 1050; ME lawbreker; r. OE lahbreca. See LAW1, BREAKER1] Syn. transgressor, criminal offender, perpetrator. * * * … Universalium
