breaking of the law
Example Sentences
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Whether the Securities and Exchange Commission will penalize him for his alleged breaking of the law by failing to disclose his first purchases of Twitter stock this year remains up in the air.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2022
"The breaking of the law ultimately leads to very long-term and permanent damage to this country's reputation."
From Fox News • Sep. 14, 2020
If you fail to make the moral distinction, then you are encouraging the breaking of the law.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 9, 2019
His promised breaking of the law will probably take the form of publicly entering a "European" area and refusing to leave, thus inviting arrest.
From Time Magazine Archive
When, therefore, he married the second time, he is presumed to have intended to break the law, and the breaking of the law is the crime.
From The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 by Linn, William Alexander
