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Meaning of "law-breaking" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LAW-BREAKING

law-breaking  [ˈlɔːbreɪkɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAW-BREAKING

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Law-Breaking is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LAW-BREAKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of law-breaking in the English dictionary

The definition of law-breaking in the dictionary is disobedience of or non-adherence to the law.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAW-BREAKING


aerobraking
ˈɛərəʊˌbreɪkɪŋ
backbreaking
ˈbækˌbreɪkɪŋ
baking
ˈbeɪkɪŋ
barnsbreaking
ˈbɑːnzˌbreɪkɪŋ
braking
ˈbreɪkɪŋ
breaking
ˈbreɪkɪŋ
heartbreaking
ˈhɑːtˌbreɪkɪŋ
housebreaking
ˈhaʊsˌbreɪkɪŋ
icebreaking
ˈaɪsˌbreɪkɪŋ
jawbreaking
ˈdʒɔːˌbreɪkɪŋ
making
ˈmeɪkɪŋ
moonraking
ˈmuːnˌreɪkɪŋ
muck-raking
ˈmʌkreɪkɪŋ
path-breaking
ˈpɑːθˌbreɪkɪŋ
raking
ˈreɪkɪŋ
record-breaking
ˈrɛkɔːdˈbreɪkɪŋ
shopbreaking
ˈʃɒpˌbreɪkɪŋ
strike-breaking
ˈstraɪkˌbreɪkɪŋ
taking
ˈteɪkɪŋ
vraicking
ˈvreɪkɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAW-BREAKING

law of thermodynamics
law school
Law Society
law stationer
law student
law term
law-abiding
law-abidingness
law-and-order
law-and-order issues
lawbook
lawbreaker
Lawes
lawfare
lawful
lawfully
lawfulness
lawgiver
lawgiving
lawin

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAW-BREAKING

banking
breathtaking
English-speaking
freaking
ground-breaking
home baking
homemaking
in a manner of speaking
in the making
matchmaking
money-making
phreaking
policy-making
printmaking
public speaking
sneaking
soaking
speaking
undertaking
waking
winemaking

Synonyms and antonyms of law-breaking in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «law-breaking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAW-BREAKING

Find out the translation of law-breaking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of law-breaking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «law-breaking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

违法
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

violación de la ley
570 millions of speakers

English

law-breaking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कानून तोड़ने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كسر القانون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нарушение закона
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

violação da lei
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আইন-ভঙ্গ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

infractions à la loi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melanggar undang-undang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gesetz -breaking
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

法律破り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

법을 파괴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pemecahan hukum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phạm pháp luật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சட்டம்-உடைத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कायदा ब्रेकिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yasa kıran
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

legge - rottura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łamanie prawa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

порушення закону
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- încălcare a legii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραβατικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wet -breaking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lagbrott
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lovbrudd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of law-breaking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAW-BREAKING»

The term «law-breaking» is regularly used and occupies the 80.420 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAW-BREAKING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about law-breaking

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2 QUOTES WITH «LAW-BREAKING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word law-breaking.
1
Xi Jinping
We must uphold the fighting of tigers and flies at the same time, resolutely investigating law-breaking cases of leading officials and also earnestly resolving the unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems which happen all around people.
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Steve King
The current practice of extending U.S. citizenship to hundreds of thousands of 'anchor babies' must end because it creates a magnet for illegal immigration into our country. Now is the time to ensure that the laws in this country do not encourage law-breaking.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAW-BREAKING»

Discover the use of law-breaking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to law-breaking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Collective Law-Breaking - A Threat to Civil Liberty
I. The Concept of Collective Law-Breaking and its Meaning in Law So what is “ collective law—breaking?” The concept is ambiguous, and we can conceive of various different definitions. In this essay, however, what we mean by the term ...
Dr Corinne Flick
2
Turning Points in Teaching; Or, Law Making and Law Breaking ...
Dawsey Cope Murphy. 07' king and Law Breaking 1 the Schoolroom by D. C. Murphy \\ ' . 0 . 0 0 \ 0. . tment of History and Didactics- State anrnal School- Slippery Rock- Pa. ''Thompkins forsook last and awl For literary squabbles; Styles  ...
Dawsey Cope Murphy, 1909
3
Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent
Reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously disconnected from the English common law tradition and how prosecutors can pin arguable federal crimes on any citizen of any social class or profession, for even the most seemingly ...
Harvey Silverglate, 2011
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Criminology: Theory, Research, and Policy
Breaking". As noted earlier, Edwin Sutherland identified criminology as the study of law making, law breaking, and the response to law breaking.29 This definition of criminology is also a useful way to categorize the theories covered in this text.
Gennaro F. Vito, Jeffrey R. Maahs, Ronald M. Holmes, 2005
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An Introduction to Political Theory
Civil. Disobedience. and. Law-breaking. In this chapter we are concerned with justifications for civil disobedience, and naturally it makes sense to start with a definition of 'civil disobedience'. However, as we shall see, definition and justification ...
John Hoffman, Paul Graham, 2013
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Breaking Murphy's Law: How Optimists Get What They Want from ...
How Optimists Get What They Want from Life - and Pessimists Can Too Suzanne C. Segerstrom. SUZANNE C. SEGERSTROM, PhD BREAKING MURPHY'S LAW BREAKING MURPHY'S LAW How Optimists Get What. BREAKING MURPHY'S ...
Suzanne C. Segerstrom, 2011
7
Juvenile Justice Administration
the initiative in supporting and administrating the juvenile support team program. Research in Case of a Law-Breaking Child The results of an investigation of a crime by police officers may reveal that the alleged law breaker is a child under the ...
Peter C. Kratcoski, 2012
8
Philosophical Papers : Volume II
either would cause or would be a window-, promise-, or law-breaking event. Maybe my opponent will contend that according to soft determinism, there is another way of being able to break a law. But I see no reason to grant his contention.
David Lewis Professor of Philosophy Princeton University, 1987
9
Misbehavior in Cyber Places: The Regulation of Online ...
Chapter. Four. Cybercrime: Law-Breaking. on. the. Internet. THE 1994 DENNING AND LIN REPORT Nowadays, cybercrime and law-breaking on the Internet are among the most avidly discussed topics in contemporary society. Consequently ...
Janet Sternberg, 2012
10
Civil Disobedience: Protest, Justification and the Law
Or we may think that it is a response to a problem that we no longer find pressing: the justification of law-breaking. If asked, “do we have an obligation to obey the law irrespective of the character of the state which has enacted it?” the obvious ...
Tony Milligan, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAW-BREAKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term law-breaking is used in the context of the following news items.
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Xinhua Insight: Punishing law-breaking lawyers demonstrates rule …
BEIJING, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese law experts praised the Ministry of Public Security's recent move to place nine lawyers under "coercive ... «GlobalPost, Jul 15»
2
State cracks down on senior citizen euchre - The Star Press
Not all of those users are of the same law-breaking bent as the euchre players. The way euchre works at the senior center is simple, Elton said. «Muncie Star Press, Jul 15»
3
Should Portland cops pretend to be curbside panhandlers to bust …
It's not exactly "Graceland," but undercover cops in Canada and Southern California have dreamed up a sneaky way to nab law-breaking ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
4
Kosher Supervision Company Run By Alleged Rapist Rabbi To Close
... halakha; violations of Orthodox Jewish law] but the investigation has since entered the realm of law-breaking, hence the police involvement. «FailedMessiah.com, Jul 15»
5
Culture and the Twelfth... and the fog of historical ignorance …
What part of the Protestant culture is law-breaking by a raucous band which plays a hymn tune when passing St Patrick's Catholic Church? «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
6
Court rules EU must declare breaches of environmental law
Berthier said this means the worst law-breaking by EU governments risks being kept confidential, as infringement proceedings are not open to ... «Business Green, Jul 15»
7
EC ordered to disclose environmental infringements
“This means the worst law-breaking by EU governments risks being kept confidential, and the infringement proceedings remain completely ... «ENDS Europe, Jul 15»
8
Tiger-trade crackdown boosts lion-bone sales : Nature News …
The existence of a legitimate means to obtain wildlife products can encourage law-breaking by providing the market with a supply that is rare ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
9
2 Reasons to Be Happy About the Iran Deal, and 1 Reason Not to …
... nuclear weapons, which were built with smuggled components thanks to the connivance of law-breaking American officials and supporters. «Reason, Jul 15»
10
Obama Administration Finds New Way to Let Criminal Banks Avoid …
The Wall Street Journal ran a story about the certification changes in May, but failed to notice that the new language would let law-breaking ... «The Intercept - First Look Media, Jul 15»

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