Meaning of above the law | Babel Free

Definitions

Exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else.

Equivalents

Examples

“The emperor is above the law.”

“You may think you're above the law, but you're not.”

“'The law,' she laughed with scorn - 'the law! Canst thou not understand, oh Holly, that I am above the law, and so shall my Kallikrates be also? All human law will be to us as the north wind to a mountain.'”

“If we hesitate to call those actions and their perpetrator criminal, then we are saying he is above the law and giving license to future presidents to do whatever they want.”

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