lawbreaker

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lawbreaker

/ˈlɔːbɹeɪkə/ UK
/ˈlɔ.bɹeɪkɚ/ US
/ˈlɑ.bɹeɪkɚ/ cot caught merger

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From Middle English lawbreker, lawe brekare; equivalent to law + breaker.

noun lawbreakers · law-breaker

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

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noun person who breaks the law

Français	hors-la-loi, criminel
Русский	правонаруши́тель pravonarušítelʹ, правонаруши́тельница pravonarušítelʹnica, престу́пник prestúpnik, престу́пница prestúpnica

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@misc{lawbreaker_2026,
  title = {lawbreaker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lawbreaker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}