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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

The First Amendment protects the right to advocate such lawbreaking, but a nonprofit that enjoys tax privileges can lose those privileges for supporting unlawful conduct.

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

Moral deterioration follows from the bad habits formed, from the encouragement to lawbreaking and independence of parental authority, and from the evil environment of the people and places with which they come into contact.

From Society Its Origin and Development by Henry Kalloch Rowe


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