Break the rules Crossword Clue
Last seen in: LA Times · 2026-10-23
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(noun)
- a deception for profit to yourself
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
- weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
(verb)
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- deprive somebody of something by deceit
- engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
(noun)
- an escape from jail
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- a sudden dash
- the act of breaking something
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- the occurrence of breaking
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
(verb)
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- fracture a bone of
- fall sharply
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- be broken in
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- render inoperable or ineffective
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- happen
- prevent completion
- terminate
- lessen in force or effect
- stop operating or functioning
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- come into being
- find the solution or key to
- find a flaw in
- undergo breaking
- interrupt the flow of current in
- cease an action temporarily
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- be released or become known; of news
- surpass in excellence
- pierce or penetrate
- become punctured or penetrated
- break a piece from a whole
- go to pieces
- ruin completely
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- exchange for smaller units of money
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- do a break dance
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- scatter or part
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- move away or escape suddenly
- change directions suddenly
- reduce to bankruptcy
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- invalidate by judicial action
- interrupt a continued activity
- cause the failure or ruin of
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- happen or take place
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- give up
- cause to give up a habit
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- come to an end
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Break the rules (5)
LA Times · Oct 23, 2026
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