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

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Prosecutors said the contracts fall within the law and argued that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has authority to prohibit swaps tied to events such as assassination or military action. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for within the law

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“Within the law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20the%20law. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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