English Explanatory Dictionary

lawbreaking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. unlawful; illegal.
noun
  1. The commission of a criminal act, the violation or breaking of a law.

Word forms

lawbreaking most lawbreaking law-breaking lawbreakings

Etymology

From law + breaking.

Synonyms

crimeful wrongful criminal illegal illegitimate illicit lawbreaking nonlawful outlawed unlawful law-abiding lawful de jure legal legitimate licit rightful
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