"lawbreaking" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: most lawbreaking [superlative]
Etymology: From law + breaking. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|law|breaking}} law + breaking Head templates: {{head|en|adjective|no attested comparative, superlative most lawbreaking}} lawbreaking (no attested comparative, superlative most lawbreaking)
  1. unlawful; illegal.
    Sense id: en-lawbreaking-en-adj-pg6w-mKU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: law-breaking

Noun

Forms: lawbreakings [plural]
Etymology: From law + breaking. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|law|breaking}} law + breaking Head templates: {{en-noun}} lawbreaking (plural lawbreakings)
  1. The commission of a criminal act, the violation or breaking of a law.
    Sense id: en-lawbreaking-en-noun-31lbO6ks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: law-breaking

Inflected forms

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