law-breaking has definitions from the fields of law,criminal law
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[ noun ] (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

Synonyms

crime

Examples

"a long record of crimes"

Used in print

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

Finally , it gives sanctity , more than human legitimacy , and even , through super empirical reference , transcendent and supernatural importance to some values ; for_example , marriage as a sacrament , much law-breaking as sinful , occasionally the state as a divine instrument .

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