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against the law

Meaning

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see against,‎ the,‎ law.

(law) Illegal; forbidden by law.

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Isn't that weird, we've made nature against the law. That's how un-natural we've become. Bill Hicks

Suicide was against the law. Johnny had wondered why. It meant that if you missed, or the gas ran out, or the rope broke, you could get locked up in prison to show you that life was really very jolly and thoroughly worth living. Terry Pratchett

It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law. Cecil B. DeMille

Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them. E. W. Howe

The partisan wants to change the law, the criminal break it; the anarch wants neither. He is not for or against the law. While not acknowledging the law, he does try to recognize it like the laws of nature, and he adjusts accordingly. Ernst Jünger

It isn't against the Law to be an idiot. Cassandra Clare

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