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Break a law
verb
To violate a law.
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Break a law (theft), go to jail and serve your sentence.
"They have to break a law".
"If you break a law, there is a consequence for it".
"Sometimes to do the right thing, you have to break a law".
If enough people break a law, is it no longer enforceable?
"Then you have to have someone go in and break a law.
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"Breaking a law is breaking a law, and it has to be addressed," de Blasio said at a press conference addressing the investigation into Garner's death.
"But he broke a law.
"You think I broke a law?" he asked.
"You don't know you've broken a law until someone says you've broken a law".
Illegal immigrants deserve punishment for breaking a law.
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