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lawbreaking

NOUN
felony
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Similarly, Newport Beach had warned partygoers to avoid lawbreaking before the takeover.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

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

When their work was complete, the panel said it had amassed “overwhelming evidence” of lawbreaking by Santos that it sent to the Justice Department.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

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

In all this letter there is no distinction between the law-abiding and lawbreaking sections of the community.

From The Story of a Dark Plot or Tyranny on the Frontier by A.L.O. C.




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