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
SolÈNe	so-LEN	French
Emmeline	EM-ə-leen, EM-ə-lien	English (Archaic)
Kaylie	KAY-lee	English (Modern)
Karsten	KAHR-sten (Low German)	Low German, Danish, Norwegian
Easter	['i:stə]
Jerzy	YE-zhi	Polish