| 单词 |
law-breaker |
| 释义 |
ˈlaw-breaker
[OE. had lahbreca of the same meaning.]
One who violates the law.
[a1050Liber Scintill. ii. (1889) 9 Þar healdan geþyld we na scylan ac wiðstandan þam lahbrecan.] c1440Promp. Parv. 289/2 Lawe brekare, legirumpus. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 3550 Lawbrekers and ydolatrers with bolde visage blamed hee. 1547Primer O j, Deliuer me..out of the hande of the..lawe breaker. 1611Shakes. Cymb. iv. ii. 75 Thou art a Robber, A Law-breaker, a Villaine; yeeld thee Theefe. 1663Killigrew Parson's Wed. v. ii. (1664) 141 That Tongue..which now growes hoarse with flattering the great Law-breakers. 1876Oxford Bible-Helps, Mountains, It was on Mount Ebal that the cursing of the law-breakers took place.
So law-breaking vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1767Sp. agst. Suspending & Disp. Prerogative in Hansard Parl. Hist. (1813) XVI. 258 There was no such distinction in the days, when the law-making and the law-breaking prerogative walked forth at noon tide. 1881Times 9 Apr. 11/5 Temporal Courts would deal more timidly with clerical law-breaking. |
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