bend the law
Example Sentences
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But whistleblowers, those who break or bend the law for the greater good?
From Salon • May 5, 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
Prodigies the most brilliant cannot make it do violence to itself or bend the law of righteousness and love beneath any manifestation, however striking, of brute force.
From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste
