"against the law" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1972, Paul Simon (lyrics and music), “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”, in Paul Simon",
          "text": "It's against the law / It was against the law / Oh, what the mama saw / It was against the law",
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        "Illegal; forbidden by law."
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          "forbidden",
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        "(law) Illegal; forbidden by law."
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        "law"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "illegal, forbidden by law",
          "word": "違法"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wéifǎ",
          "sense": "illegal, forbidden by law",
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          "sense": "illegal, forbidden by law",
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "illegal, forbidden by law",
          "word": "lainvastainen"
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "illegal, forbidden by law",
          "word": "gesetzwidrig"
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
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          "roman": "nezakónnyj",
          "sense": "illegal, forbidden by law",
          "word": "незако́нный"
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          "roman": "nelegálʹnyj",
          "sense": "illegal, forbidden by law",
          "word": "нелега́льный"
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        "Illegal; forbidden by law."
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "illegal, forbidden by law",
      "word": "違法"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wéifǎ",
      "sense": "illegal, forbidden by law",
      "word": "违法"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "illegal, forbidden by law",
      "word": "不軌"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùguǐ",
      "sense": "illegal, forbidden by law",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "illegal, forbidden by law",
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      "sense": "illegal, forbidden by law",
      "word": "gesetzwidrig"
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      "roman": "nelegálʹnyj",
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  "word": "against the law"
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