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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

The House Ethics Committee said it had amassed “overwhelming evidence” of lawbreaking by Santos that had been sent to the Justice Department.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023

The men who thought they had the "pull" of friendship for lawbreaking were first warned, and then as second offenders hauled up to the bar, one and all.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday




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