lawbreaking

Example Sentences

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To clarify this debate, we must distinguish between speech and 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

With all his lawbreaking, that's not how this should be settled in a country that abides by the rule of law.

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2023

Hither they repaired in the intervals of lesser lawbreaking and free entertainment, always secure of hearth and shelter where the broad pandanus spread its shingles.

From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John