Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

breach n (BROKEN PROMISE/RULE)

breach v (BREAK PROMISE/RULE)
break v (NOT OBEY)
-breaker suffix (NOT OBEY)
clean adj (HONEST)
commission n (CRIME)
commit v (CRIME)
compliant adj
comply v
contempt n (NOT OBEYING)
contravene v
disobey v
enforce v
flout v
follow v (OBEY)
infraction n
infringe v
infringement n
law-abiding adj
law and order n
legit adj
obey v
observance n
observe v (OBEY)
offend v (COMMIT CRIME)
perpetrate v
self-incrimination n
transgress v
venal adj
violate v
violation n
contempt of court, at contempt n (NOT OBEYING)
run/fall afoul of sth/sb
aid and abet sb
be in breach of sth
the guilty party
jump bail
pervert the course of justice
respect sb's wishes
thou shalt
bend the law/rules idiom
go by the book/do sth by the book idiom
buck the system idiom
clean up your act idiom
fall foul of sth idiom
on the right/wrong side of the law idiom

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