lawbreaker

plural lawbreakers · alternative law-breaker

1. One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal.

   People often assume that speedboarders are disrespectful lawbreakers.

   2007 November 28, Nick Kolich, “Speedboarders fly down hills”, in The Beacon

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   I'm just a poor old man. I have no time for law-breakers. My legs are grey. My ears are gnarled. My eyes are old and bent.

   1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian, spoken by Matthias (John Young)

   Mr. Grimm pleaded guilty to a single count of tax fraud and was convicted in July 2015; he went on to serve eight months in prison. Lawmaker, law enforcer and lawbreaker — that’s a heck of a résumé, and alliterative, too!

   2017 February 18, John Schwartz, “Tax Advice From Lawmakers Turned Lawbreakers”, in The New York Times