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below the law

below the law prepositional phrase: not entitled to the rights, liberties, protections, etc. provided by law.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Not entitled to the rights, liberties, protections, etc. provided by law.

Questions about below the law

What does below the law mean?
Below the law means not entitled to the rights, liberties, protections, etc. provided by law.
What part of speech is below the law?
Below the law is a prepositional phrase.

Words near below the law in the dictionary

  1. below stairs
  2. below the belt
  3. below the breadline
  4. below the fold
  5. below the gangway
  6. below the law
  7. below the line
  8. below the mahogany
  9. below the radar
  10. below the salt
  11. below the surface

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