Dictionary entry details
• LAW-BREAKING (noun)
Meaning:
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
crime; law-breaking
Context example:
a long record of crimes
Hypernyms ("law-breaking" is a kind of...):
evildoing; transgression (the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle)
Domain category:
criminal law (the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment)
Domain member category:
traffic (deal illegally)
lift; rustle (take illegally)
shoplift (steal in a store)
hold up; stick up (rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat)
mug (rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence)
pirate (copy illegally; of published material)
lift; plagiarise; plagiarize (take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property)
crib (take unauthorized (intellectual material))
bribe; buy; corrupt; grease one's palms (make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence)
rake off (take money from an illegal transaction)
buy off; pay off (pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor)
loot; plunder (take illegally; of intellectual property)
smuggle (import or export without paying customs duties)
ransom; redeem (exchange or buy back for money; under threat)
pyramid (use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal)
abduct; kidnap; nobble; snatch (take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom)
impress; shanghai (take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship)
commandeer; highjack; hijack; pirate (take arbitrarily or by force)
skyjack (subject an aircraft to air piracy)
carjack (take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it)
extort (obtain through intimidation)
blackmail (obtain through threats)
scalp (sell illegally, as on the black market)
bootleg (sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol)
black market; run (deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor)
fob off; foist off; palm off (sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive)
push (sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs))
black marketeer (deal on the black market)
kick back (pay a kickback; make an illegal payment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "law-breaking"):
barratry (the offence of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels)
victimless crime (an act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims)
vice crime (a vice that is illegal)
high treason; lese majesty; treason (a crime that undermines the offender's government)
thuggery (violent or brutal acts as of thugs)
regulatory offence; regulatory offense; statutory offence; statutory offense (crimes created by statutes and not by common law)
Tazir crime ((Islam) minor crimes committed by Muslims; crimes that are not mentioned in the Koran so judges are free to punish the offender in any appropriate way)
attack; attempt (the act of attacking)
commission; committal; perpetration (the act of committing a crime)
infraction; infringement; misdemeanor; misdemeanour; offence; offense; violation (a crime less serious than a felony)
mayhem (the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person)
highjack; hijack (seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination)
Had crime ((Islam) serious crimes committed by Muslims and punishable by punishments established in the Koran)
fraud (intentional deception resulting in injury to another person)
forgery (criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud)
felony (a serious crime (such as murder or arson))
cybercrime (crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs)
capital offense (a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate)
war crime (a crime committed in wartime; violation of rules of war)
