How to Use lawbreaker in a Sentence

lawbreaker

noun
  • He admitted to being a lawbreaker.
  • In what is one of the strictest bans on the products, lawbreakers face fines and up to four years in jail.
    — Jennifer McDermott and Carlos Mureithi, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Vegas is lawbreakers – though, to be fair, that’s just Bugsy.
    — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 6 June 2018
  • Chaos and protection of lawbreakers breeds fear for us, the law-abiders, and your message stokes those fears.
    — latimes.com, 4 May 2018
  • Three determined lawbreakers plot one last spree.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The approach of a drug dog might even compel a wavering lawbreaker to give himself up.
    — Chris Roberts, Forbes, 30 May 2021
  • Pardons shouldn’t be gifts for friends, donors, and relatives who happen to be lawbreakers.
    — Ron Faucheux, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025
  • County and state officials say their cost is small compared to the cost of locking up young lawbreakers.
    — USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Abbott has said only lawbreakers have anything to worry about.
    — Paul J. Weber, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2017
  • On the criminal-justice side, law enforcement is in an arms race with lawbreakers.
    — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2014
  • Clemency is a form of mercy by a government toward a lawbreaker.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Are Jewish moms and dads who send their children to religious schools lawbreakers?
    — William McGurn 17, wsj.com, 17 Apr. 2023
  • As politicians in both parties warned that lawbreakers in the crowd would pay, Webster suppressed a pang of fear.
    — Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The life trials of the cursing lawbreaker make an honestly vulgar tale.
    — Armond White, National Review, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Hochman said his office would specifically go after lawbreakers linked to gangs.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Bondi met in Washington with the lawbreaker and his fiancé a few days later.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The attorney general, who is tasked with bringing charges against likely lawbreakers, brought charges.
    — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 29 Mar. 2017
  • Hochman said his office would specifically go after lawbreakers linked to gangs and crimes involving guns.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The problem is the direct result of failing to deal correctly with campus lawbreakers.
    — WSJ, 22 Aug. 2017
  • Rollins is running for a job in justice, ostensibly to uphold the law and hold lawbreakers accountable.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Police said earlier the requirement aims to prevent lawbreakers from joining the march.
    — Kanis Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The Police will continue to maintain the city’s public safety and bring all lawbreakers to justice.
    — Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2019
  • The gun-toting men wearing headgear and zipping through the streets of Covington on bicycles are not lawbreakers.
    — Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • And of course, the entire experiment can be done in complete safety because the lawbreaker is merely a virtual car.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Republican state representatives showed up to a June meeting to blast her as a lawbreaker.
    — Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Burglarizing a home also comes with stiffer penalties -- and prosecutors suspect that the lawbreakers know that.
    — OregonLive.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Pinecrest police ends the Facebook post warning other neighbors in the area to stay vigilant, and for potential lawbreakers to stay far away.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The premise of my first book (Hello, Shadowlands) is that lawbreakers tend to be rational actors, not just black-hearted ghouls.
    — Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
  • A lot of times, these bush-league but prolific lawbreakers basically got a warning, then another warning, then maybe a couple of months in county.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Also there’s a low-gravity area, which means Overwatch is basically Lawbreakers at this point.
    — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 2 June 2017

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