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break the law
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Def: do something illegal, violate the law, fail to obey rules
Example: The high court has ruled that the Metropolitan police broke the law in the way they "kettled" protesters at the G20 demonstrations in 2009.
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Break' is an irregular verb: break- broke- broken.
'Break the law' is a synonyn for
' breach the law
care naught for
circumvent the law
commit a crime
disobey
disobey the law
disregard the law
infract
not conform
not heed
not keep
not listen
not mind
not observe
refuse to cooperate
set naught by
violate the law'.
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