lawbreaker

See also: law-breaker

English

From Middle English lawbreker, lawe brekare; equivalent to 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)
French: hors-la-loi (fr) m, criminel (fr) m
Hungarian: törvényszegő (hu)
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 (qânun-šekan)
Polish: przestępca (pl) m, przestępczyni (pl) f
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)

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