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lawbreaking

noun as in felony

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Lawbreaking was out of control in NYC, at least according to the New York Post, and only a former police officer could get tough on the poor, the turnstile-hoppers, and the homeless.

From Slate

In short, under the guise of punishing a small number of lawbreaking undocumented immigrants, the act would curtail legal immigration and subject law-abiding immigrants to detention and deportation.

From Slate

Rarely in American history has one man been so incontrovertibly responsible for an effort to destroy constitutional democracy, and yet in two weeks he will be sworn into an office that has been precleared by the Supreme Court for virtually unlimited mayhem and lawbreaking.

From Slate

But I also think it’s critical that we remember that Trump has a history of lying and lawbreaking, as evidenced by both his criminal convictions and his loss in a sexual-abuse civil lawsuit to E. Jean Carroll.

But critics of the Garland-led DOJ can point to Gaetz’s status as a public official: Shouldn’t lawbreaking by the most powerful be prosecuted as an example for others in the service of good, honest government?

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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