lawbreaker

See also: law-breaker

English

From law +‎ breaker.

lawbreaker (plural lawbreakers)

One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal.
- 1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian, spoken by Matthias (John Young):
  I'm just a poor old man. I have no time for law-breakers. My legs are grey. My ears are gnarled. My eyes are old and bent.

person who breaks the law

Bulgarian: закононаруши́тел m (zakononarušítel)
Estonian: seaduserikkuja
Finnish: lainrikkoja (fi)
Hungarian: törvényszegő
Latin: lēgirupa m
Malayalam: നിയമലംഘകൻ m (niyamalaṅghakaṉ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lovbryter m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: прѣстѫпьникъ m (prěstǫpĭnikŭ), законопрѣстѫпьникъ m (zakonoprěstǫpĭnikŭ)
Persian: خاطی‎ (fa) (xâti), قانون‌شکن‎ (qanun-šekan)
Russian: правонаруши́тель (ru) m (pravonarušítelʹ), правонаруши́тельница (ru) f (pravonarušítelʹnica), престу́пник (ru) m (prestúpnik), престу́пница (ru) f (prestúpnica)
Ukrainian: правопору́шник (uk) m (pravoporúšnyk), правопору́шниця (uk) f (pravoporúšnycja), злочи́нець m (zločýnecʹ), злочи́нниця f (zločýnnycja), пору́шник зако́ну m (porúšnyk zakónu), пору́шниця зако́ну f (porúšnycja zakónu)