犯法

fànfǎ
to break the law

CEDICT

  1. (law) to break the law; to commit a crime
  2. to break the law; to commit a crime

Wiktionary

违犯法律。《史记．卷三○．平准书》：「故人人自爱而重犯法，先行义而后绌耻辱焉。」《儒林外史．第五一回》：「中书自去年进京，今年回到南京，并无犯法的事。」也作「犯科」。

重編國語辭典

违犯法律

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 犯 fàn
  1. to violate
  2. to offend
  3. to assault
  4. criminal
  5. crime
  6. to make a mistake
  7. recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
=2 法 fǎ variant of 法 fǎ
=2 法 fǎ
  1. law
  2. method
  3. way
  4. to emulate
  5. (Buddhism) dharma
  6. (abbr. for 法家 Fǎjiā) the Legalists
  7. (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉 fǎlā)
=2 法 fǎ
  1. old variant of 法 fǎ
  2. law

Containing this entry

知法犯法 zhīfǎfànfǎ to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules
执法犯法 zhífǎfànfǎ

Related entries

犯事 fànshì
  1. to break the law
  2. to commit a crime
触法 chùfǎ to break the law
违法 wéifǎ
  1. illegal
  2. to break the law
我不会再违法了。

I will never violate a law again.

Source: Tatoeba