Criminals break them
The crossword clue "Criminals break them" is answered by LAWS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LAWS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAWS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LAWS
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAWS, most used first.
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- They're on the books - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
- Congressional output - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Regulations - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Rules - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- What police enforce - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Congress creations - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Legislative output - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Some are blue - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Take a break - REST, used 268 times
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- Break in the action - LULL, used 93 times
- Break suddenly - SNAP, used 77 times
- Break - REST, used 41 times
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