against the law
Example Sentences
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The statutory case against the law is direct.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
This means digging up the plant or bulb in the countryside is against the law and landowners are prohibited from removing bluebells from their land to sell.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
"This is not tolerable and is against the law," the country's national force, known as the Garda, said in a statement.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
But another issue may be that “Nvidia has now gotten so big that it is bumping up against the law of large numbers,” Goldberg said in a Monday note.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
“Don’t you know it is against the law to deface a passport?”
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
