lawbreakers

Example Sentences

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A day later, Tehran’s prosecutor called the claim “nonsense” and said the country would act firmly and swiftly against lawbreakers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

As Gov. Newsom said, if there are lawbreakers, let them be prosecuted.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2025

Following years of overexploitation in the Amazon rainforest -- due mainly to illegal logging -- the government began to take tough countermeasures, introducing satellite surveillance and deploying the military to tackle lawbreakers.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

For a dozen years as a rural sheriff, Mike Parson was the face of justice, the man ultimately responsible for catching and locking up local lawbreakers.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2023

The wild forest which hitherto has been the haunt of lawbreakers only, must now be a gathering-place for those that honour the law, but to whom justice is dearer.

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil