bend the law

Example Sentences

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But Jimmy, for all of his small cons and efforts to bend the law to the breaking point, is essentially a good man.

From Salon • May 24, 2022

And given that he might have the Supreme Court’s ear, he’s well-positioned to bend the law in more just direction.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2021

“He was strictly honest. He was very competent. He had a lot of tact and diplomacy that he could bring into dealing with animal owners. But he would not bend the law for people.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2020

“Bob is appropriately aggressive, but he’s not going to push things that will bend the law or test procedure in new ways,” said Mr. Kirschner, the former homicide prosecutor.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2018

So, judges undertook to bend the law to suit the merits of particular cases; and the humanity of juries, outrunning the injunctions of their oaths, opened the door of escape in cases of peculiar severity.

From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.