outside the law
Example Sentences
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He exists outside the law, and beyond accountability or limits.
From Salon • Aug. 28, 2025
Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, who weaves into the Wolff brothers’ rescue mission mostly to lecture them when they operate outside the law.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025
Her order is fundamentally lawless—not even in a debatable sense, but objectively just outside the law.
From Slate • Jan. 8, 2025
There’s also a huge obstacle outside the law: Therapy is rarely free, and paying for it or submitting insurance claims often requires parental support.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024
Necessity being the mother of invention, black people created their own transit system, an informal network of bus routes, controlled by private associations operating entirely outside the law.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
