lawbreaking
Example Sentences
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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
Allowing the group to stay would reward its lawbreaking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
But Adams also argued that the protesters’ actions on Saturday negated the tiered approach, which is intended to ensure that police don’t use isolated incidents of lawbreaking to crack down on otherwise peaceful protests.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
"They were not engaged," I asked quickly, "in any lawbreaking escapade at the time, I trust!"
From An Amiable Charlatan by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim