on the wrong side of the law

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—used to say that someone is living the life of a criminal

He has been on the wrong side of the law since he was 17.

Examples of on the wrong side of the law in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ali Larter and Michelle Randolph were equally surprised to see their mother-daughter duo end up on the wrong side of the law in the most recent episode of Landman. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025

Special Agent MacGruber has found himself on the wrong side of the law. — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 15 Nov. 2025

In Counterfeit, for instance, Kirstin Chen gives us a caper story of Asian American young women on the wrong side of the law, but also a satirical take on the model minority myth in America. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025

What if doing the right thing put him on the wrong side of the law? — Owen Clarke, Outside, 11 Sep. 2025

Soulja Boy has found himself on the wrong side of the law once again. — Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 4 Aug. 2025

And a significant number of them got caught up on the wrong side of the law. — Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 20 May 2025

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