outside the law
Example Sentences
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"No dining experience, however unusual or exclusive, sits outside the law," it said.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
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
But if this is just about socializing, I would use the energy you’ve been putting into being friends with your co-workers toward making friends outside the law firm.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2023
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
