break a law

and break the law

to fail to obey a law; to act contrary to a law. Lisa broke the law when she drove the wrong way on a one-way street. If you never break the law, you will never get arrested.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Apurva	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Thom	TAHM	English
Aleida	ah-LIE-dah	Dutch
SÌNe	SHEE-na	Scottish
Emilija	EM-ee-lee-yah (Serbian, Croatian)	Lithuanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Tawny	TAW-nee	English (Modern)