Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.
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- noun (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
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Examples
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Any action against a law-breaking group could take one to three years.
Lawbreakers In The 2010 Elections May Go Unpunished By The FEC, IRS For Years Amanda Terkel 2010
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Any action against a law-breaking group could take one to three years.
Lawbreakers In The 2010 Elections May Go Unpunished By The FEC, IRS For Years Amanda Terkel 2010
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Last week, POGO submitted a letter into the hearing record urging Congress to reject draft legislation proposed by Rep. Michael Grimm R-NY that would silence potential whistleblowers, weaken SEC enforcement actions and allow law-breaking companies to evade accountability.
Project On Government Oversight: Supreme Court Makes it Harder to Hold Contractors Accountable for Fraud Project On Government Oversight 2011
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Even ferocious litigation would be inadequate to constrain massive, sustained law-breaking.
Boing Boing 2009
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Kleiman says that this would be a particularly effective way of controlling over-indulgence by teenagers (who, after all, barely have any money) and would allow us to get rid of the not-really-enforced minimum drinking age and eliminate the culture of fake IDs and casual law-breaking that it encourages.
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How long do we let these law-breaking criminals get away with it?
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A fine law-breaking politician deserves a hero's welcome.
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In a civil probe, the Justice Department can allege that the targets were negligent or made misleading claims, rather than having to convince a jury of deliberate law-breaking.
U.S. Steps Up S&P Inquiry Jeannette Neumann 2012
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How easily indiscretions, moral weaknesses, and outright law-breaking are condoned/excused for these folks as countless brown-skinned and others get sent to prisons with disproportionate sentencing by race or low income folks pay with years in lucrative prisons?
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Brought up in an environment where casual violence (domestic and otherwise), swearing and law-breaking is just part of life?
How Did It Come To This? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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