"lawbreaker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɔːbɹeɪkə/ [UK], /ˈlɔ.bɹeɪkɚ/ [US], /ˈlɑ.bɹeɪkɚ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-lawbreaker.wav Forms: lawbreakers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English lawbreker, lawe brekare; equivalent to law + breaker. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lawbreker}} Middle English lawbreker, {{af|en|law|breaker}} law + breaker Head templates: {{en-noun}} lawbreaker (plural lawbreakers)
  1. One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal. Categories (topical): Law, People Synonyms: law-breaker Translations (person who breaks the law): закононаруши́тел (zakononarušítel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), прѣстѫпьникъ (prěstǫpĭnikŭ) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Church Slavic), законопрѣстѫпьникъ (zakonoprěstǫpĭnikŭ) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Church Slavic), seaduserikkuja (Estonian), lainrikkoja (Finnish), hors-la-loi [masculine] (French), criminel [masculine] (French), törvényszegő (Hungarian), lēgirupa [masculine] (Latin), നിയമലംഘകൻ (niyamalaṅghakaṉ) [masculine] (Malayalam), lovbryter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), خاطی (xâti) (Persian), قانونشکن (qânun-šekan) (Persian), przestępca [masculine] (Polish), przestępczyni [feminine] (Polish), правонаруши́тель (pravonarušítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), правонаруши́тельница (pravonarušítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), престу́пник (prestúpnik) [masculine] (Russian), престу́пница (prestúpnica) [feminine] (Russian), правопору́шник (pravoporúšnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), правопору́шниця (pravoporúšnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), злочи́нець (zločýnecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), злочи́нниця (zločýnnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), пору́шник зако́ну (porúšnyk zakónu) [masculine] (Ukrainian), пору́шниця зако́ну (porúšnycja zakónu) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "правопору́шниця"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zločýnecʹ",
      "sense": "person who breaks the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злочи́нець"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zločýnnycja",
      "sense": "person who breaks the law",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "злочи́нниця"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "porúšnyk zakónu",
      "sense": "person who breaks the law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пору́шник зако́ну"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "porúšnycja zakónu",
      "sense": "person who breaks the law",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пору́шниця зако́ну"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lawbreaker"
}

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