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law-breaker

law-breaker is the alternative spelling of lawbreaker.

Meaning of lawbreaker

Noun

lawbreaker (plural lawbreakers)

  1. 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.1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian, spoken by Matthias (John Young)

Forms of law-breaker

plurallaw-breakers

Questions about law-breaker

What is law-breaker the alternative spelling of?
Law-breaker is the alternative spelling of lawbreaker.

Words near law-breaker in the dictionary

  1. law suit
  2. law suits
  3. law unto oneself
  4. law-abiding
  5. law-biding
  6. law-breaker
  7. law-breakers
  8. law-enforcement
  9. law-enforcer
  10. law-enforcers
  11. law-trained

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