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Definition of Law-breaking
1. Noun. (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act. "A long record of crimes"
Generic synonyms: Evildoing, Transgression
Specialized synonyms: Barratry, Capital Offense, Cybercrime, Felony, Forgery, Fraud, Had Crime, Highjack, Hijack, Mayhem, Infraction, Infringement, Misdemeanor, Misdemeanour, Violation, Commission, Committal, Perpetration, Attack, Attempt, Tazir Crime, Regulatory Offence, Regulatory Offense, Statutory Offence, Statutory Offense, Thuggery, High Treason, Lese Majesty, Treason, Vice Crime, Victimless Crime, War Crime
Category relationships: Criminal Law
Examples of category: Abduct, Kidnap, Nobble, Snatch, Impress, Shanghai, Commandeer, Highjack, Hijack, Pirate, Skyjack, Carjack, Extort, Blackmail, Scalp, Bootleg, Black Market, Run, Fob Off, Foist Off, Palm Off, Push, Black Marketeer, Pyramid, Ransom, Redeem, Traffic, Lift, Rustle, Shoplift, Hold Up, Stick Up, Mug, Pirate, Lift, Plagiarise, Plagiarize, Crib, Bribe, Buy, Corrupt, Grease One's Palms, Rake Off, Buy Off, Pay Off, Loot, Plunder, Smuggle, Kick Back
Derivative terms: Criminal, Criminalise, Criminate, Incriminate, Incriminate, Offend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Law-breaking
Literary usage of Law-breaking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Torts in Obligations Arising from Civil Wrongs in by Frederick Pollock, James Avery Webb (1894)
"Process of law: breaking doors. One of the most important heads of ... Process of
law: breaking doors. It is not legal to break into a dwelling house to ..."
2. The Sabbath for Man: A Study of the Origin, Obligation, History, Advantages by Wilbur Fisk Crafts (1885)
"Sabbath-breaking is but one symptom of the national disease of wholesale law-breaking.
Tell a respectable Englishman that ..."
3. Law and Order in Industry: Five Years' Experience by Julius Henry Cohen (1916)
"... CHAPTER XIX LAW BREAKING To strike without orders from his union, is for the
union member to break the law of his own organization. ..."
4. Social Work by Edward Thomas Devine (1922)
"THE law-breaking SPIRIT There is the making of a criminal in most men and women.
The automobile driver casting a furtive eye over his shoulder for the ..."
5. "An American Commoner": The Life and Times of Richard Parks Bland. A Study by William Vincent Byars (1900)
"Use of the Law-Making Power by "Practical" Politicians to Blackmail Law-Breaking
Corporations.—The Land Grabbing Spirit in its Relations to Speculative ..."
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