within the law

phrase

1

: agreeing with the law : legal

He says that everything he did was within the law.

2

: in a legal way

With the organization under so much scrutiny, it is even more important that they work/operate within the law.

Examples of within the law in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Eric Lai, a senior fellow with the Georgetown Center for Asian Law, said every actor in Hong Kong civil society who assumed that renouncing violence and working within the law would be fine has to revise that assumption. — Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

The day after the shocking arrests of a former Mount Vernon public safety official and her son, questions are growing within the law enforcement community about how one of the police department's top leaders was vetted. — Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

The court also ruled that states were within the law and Constitution in restricting transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 June 2026

So, how are these poker rooms able to function within the law? — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026

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