"against the law" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} against the law
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see against, the, law.
    Sense id: en-against_the_law-en-prep_phrase-uLHmREZ~
  2. (law) Illegal; forbidden by law. Categories (topical): Law Translations (illegal, forbidden by law): 違法 (Chinese Mandarin), 违法 (wéifǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 不軌 (Chinese Mandarin), 不轨 (bùguǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), ulovligt (Danish), ulovlig (Danish), lainvastainen (Finnish), gesetzwidrig (German), незако́нный (nezakónnyj) (Russian), противозако́нный (protivozakónnyj) (Russian), нелега́льный (nelegálʹnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-against_the_law-en-prep_phrase-kQjcXjoo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 95 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'illegal, forbidden by law': 2 98
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