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within the law

ADJECTIVE

legal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

constitutional contractual fair juridical lawful legitimate proper statutory valid

WEAK

acknowledged allowed authorized card-carrying chartered clean condign decreed due enforceable enforced enjoined forensic granted innocent judged judicial just justifiable justified legalized legit licit on the level on the up and up ordained passed precedented prescribed protected right rightful sanctioned sound straight sure-enough warranted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

illegal illegitimate invalid unacceptable unlawful

WEAK

illicit wrong

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Tang Ngok-kwan, a former Alliance committee member, said on Monday he believed that the group had been acting within the law.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

But Kaufman said the prosecution had "cherry picked" speeches, ignoring what he said were dozens of examples of Duterte stressing the need to act within the law.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The Greek government and the coastguard deny these accusations, saying its officers act within the law and have saved hundreds of migrants' lives at sea over the past decade.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

The force said while it "regretted" that a "grave miscarriage of justice" had taken place, it maintained its officers acted within the law at the time.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

This was a radical change: the ANC’s policy had always been to keep its activities within the law.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

within the law

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