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lawbreaker

[law-brey-ker] / ˈlɔˌbreɪ kər /


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But while Grossman’s defense team seized on the plating issue to paint Erickson as a lawbreaker, the lead prosecutor dismissed the revelation as a years-old red herring.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2024

"However, once I return to Korea, I am a lawbreaker."

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2022

“A judge that adjudicates a case does not become a federal lawbreaker unless and until he enters an actual ruling that violates someone’s federally protected rights.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2021

For Hines, it was deeply embarrassing and frustrating to be called a lawbreaker after 15 years in the diesel industry without incident.

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2020

The darkest pictures which the reporters could paint of Charles were quoted freely, so that the public might find upon what grounds the press declared him to be a lawbreaker.

From Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics by Wells-Barnett, Ida B.