outside the law

idiom

1

: not agreeing with the law : illegal

actions that may have been outside the law

2

: in an illegal way

Investigators were unable to prove that the business was operating outside the law.

Examples of outside the law in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The problem of presidential immunity—and the capacity of the president to act outside the law—was not created by the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States. —Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 16 July 2024

Boris lives outside the law and polite society and enjoys the anonymity and freedom that affords. —Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024

Featuring interviews with other parents like them, as well as professionals out to stop Meijer from continuing to flout regulations, the film paints a chilling picture of a man operating outside the law and the many families impacted by his actions. —Charlotte Lytton, TIME, 2 July 2024

Cage ultimately went outside the law to destroy the criminals; his fiancée and others were killed along the way. —Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024