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
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
A scathing House Ethics report found “overwhelming evidence” of lawbreaking by Santos, including questionable campaign expenditures on items like Botox.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 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
Desperate he was and lawbreaking, for law is law, whosoever it bears hard upon; but the heart was warm within him.
From The Trawler by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
