contravenern.
/kɒntrəˈviːnə/ One who contravenes.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > insubordinate person > one who breaks rule or custom
transgressor1377
breakerc1384
infractor1524
violator?1535
infringer1541
contravener1567
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker
waryOE
wandelard1338
breakerc1384
malefactora1438
law-breakerc1440
misgovernora1449
malfetoura1450
wrongdoer1501
contravener1567
criminal1610
contravenary1614
mug1865
crook1879
outlaw1880
punter1891
kink1914
heavy man1926
crim1927
antisocial1945
villain1960
banduluc1977
1567 Sc. Acts 1 Jas. VI (1597) §21 Executand the paines conteined in this present Act, against the contraveneris thereof.
1609 J. Skene Treat. in Regiam Majestatem 141 Quhilk paine the Provest and Baillies sall pay, gif they searche not, nor seikes the contraviners.
1645 St. Trials, Sir R. Spotswood (R.) The contravener of any act of parliament.
1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. ii. ii. 297 The measures he was bent on taking against that rash contravener.
1880 J. Muirhead in tr. Ulpian Rules i, in tr. Gaius Institutes 359 Nor imposes a penalty on the contravener.
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