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lawbreaking

NOUN
felony
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It was a deceptively idyllic setting for what authorities say is continued lawbreaking and peril, which authorities just can’t seem to quash.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

To clarify this debate, we must distinguish between speech and lawbreaking.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 22, 2025

Santos was expelled from the House in December following a damaging ethics committee report that determined there was “overwhelming evidence” of lawbreaking and that he “cannot be trusted.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 23, 2024

“But nothing is happening where obvious lawbreaking is going on.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2023

"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




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