'Lawbreaking' definitions:
Definition of 'Lawbreaking'
From: GCIDE
- lawbreaker \law"break`er\, law-breaker \law"-break`er\, n. One who disobeys the law; someone who violates the law; a criminal.
- Syn: violator, lawbreaker, law breaker, perpetrator. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- {Law"break`ing}, n. & a. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lawbreaking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- breach of law,
- civil disobedience,
- contravention,
- crime,
- criminal tendency,
- criminality,
- criminosis,
- disobedience,
- evil courses,
- evildoing,
- feloniousness,
- frowardness,
- indiscipline,
- indocility,
- infraction,
- infringement,
- insubordination,
- intractability,
- lawlessness,
- malfeasance,
- malpractice,
- malversation,
- misconduct,
- misdemeanor,
- misdoing,
- misfeasance,
- misprision,
- misprision of treason,
- naughtiness,
- noncompliance,
- nonconformity,
- noncooperation,
- nonobedience,
- passive resistance,
- positive misprision,
- recusancy,
- sin,
- thou scarlet sin,
- transgression,
- trespass,
- trespassing,
- uncooperativeness,
- unduteousness,
- undutifulness,
- unsubmissiveness,
- vice,
- viciousness,
- violation,
- violation of law,
- waywardness,
- willful disobedience,
- wrong conduct,
- wrongdoing