against the law

against the law

English

Prepositional phrase

against the law

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see against,‎ the,‎ law.
2. (law) Illegal; forbidden by law.
   • 1972, Paul Simon (lyrics and music), “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”, in Paul Simon:

     It's against the law / It was against the law / Oh, what the mama saw / It was against the law

Translations

illegal, forbidden by law

Chinese: Mandarin: 違法 (zh), 违法 (zh) (wéifǎ), 不軌 (zh), 不轨 (zh) (bùguǐ) Finnish: lainvastainen (fi) German: gesetzwidrig (de) Russian: незако́нный (ru) (nezakónnyj), противозако́нный (ru) (protivozakónnyj), нелега́льный (ru) (nelegálʹnyj) Spanish: please add this translation if you can