outside the law

idiom

: not agreeing with the law : illegal

actions that may have been outside the law

: in an illegal way

Investigators were unable to prove that the business was operating outside the law.

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The problem of presidential immunity—and the capacity of the president to act outside the law—was not created by the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States. —

Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 16 July 2024 Boris lives outside the law and polite society and enjoys the anonymity and freedom that affords. —

Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024 Featuring interviews with other parents like them, as well as professionals out to stop Meijer from continuing to flout regulations, the film paints a chilling picture of a man operating outside the law and the many families impacted by his actions. —

Charlotte Lytton, TIME, 2 July 2024 Cage ultimately went outside the law to destroy the criminals; his fiancée and others were killed along the way. —

Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for outside the law

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