ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW

Meaning of ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW in English

in trouble with the police

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

ON
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SIDE
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LAW — I Discipline and profession concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct that are recognized as binding by the …
Английский словарь Британика
WRONG — I. ˈrȯŋ also ˈräŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English wrong, wrang, from Old English wrang, from (assumed) Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAW — I. ˈlȯ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect), from Old English hlāw, hlǣw; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WRONG — — wronger , n. — wrongly , adv. — wrongness , n. /rawng, rong/ , adj. 1. not in accordance …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SIDE — side 1 — sideless , adj. /suyd/ , n., adj., v., sided, siding . n. 1. one of the surfaces …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAW — law 1 — lawlike , adj. /law/ , n. 1. the principles and regulations established in a community by some …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WRONG — I. ˈrȯŋ noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wrang, from * wrang, adjective, wrong Date: before 12th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SIDE — I. ˈsīd noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sīde; akin to Old High German sīta side, Old English sīd …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WRONG — imp. of wring. wrung. 2. wrong ·adj that which is not right. 3. wrong ·adj twisted; wry; as, a wrong …
Webster English vocab
SIDE — vi to lean on one side. 2. side ·noun long; large; extensive. 3. side ·vt to furnish with a siding; …
Webster English vocab
WRONG — [wrong] n [ME, fr. OE wrang, fr. (assumed) wrang, adj., wrong] (bef. 12c) 1 a: an injurious, unfair, or unjust …
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SIDE — [side] n [ME, fr. OE side; akin to OHG sita side, OE sid ample, wide] (bef. 12c) 1 a: the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LAW — the discipline and profession concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct of a community that are recognized as …
Britannica English vocabulary
WRONG — / rɒŋ; NAmE rɔːŋ/ adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective NOT CORRECT 1. not right or correct …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIDE — / saɪd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun LEFT / RIGHT 1. [ C , usually sing. ] either …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAW — / lɔː; NAmE / noun SYSTEM OF RULES 1. (also the law ) [ U ] the whole system of …
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WRONG — I. wrong 1 S1 W1 /rɒŋ $ rɒːŋ/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adverb : ↑ wrong , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SIDE — I. side 1 S1 W1 /saɪd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . PART OF AN …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAW
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WRONG — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 mistaken; not true; in error (gave a wrong answer; we were wrong to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SIDE — n. & v. --n. 1 a each of the more or less flat surfaces bounding an object (a cube has …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAW — n. 1 a a rule enacted or customary in a community and recognized as enjoining or prohibiting certain actions and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WRONG — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 mistaken; not true; in error (gave a wrong answer; we were wrong to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SIDE — n. & v. n. 1 a each of the more or less flat surfaces bounding an object (a cube has …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAW — n. 1 a a rule enacted or customary in a community and recognized as enjoining or prohibiting certain actions and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WRONG — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. mistaken; not true; in error (gave a wrong answer; we were wrong to …
Oxford English vocab
SIDE — n. & v. --n. 1. a each of the more or less flat surfaces bounding an object (a cube has …
Oxford English vocab
LAW — n.1 a a rule enacted or customary in a community and recognized as enjoining or prohibiting certain actions and enforced …
Oxford English vocab
WRONG — ( wrongs, wronging, wronged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIDE — ( sides, siding, sided) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The side …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
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LAW — ( laws) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The law is a …
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WRONG
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LAW
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WRONG — (NOT SUITABLE) [adjective] [not gradable] - not suitable or desirable, or not as it should beShe's the wrong person for …
Cambridge English vocab
LAW — n. administrative law Ampère's law Anglo Saxon law Anti Corn Law League antitrust law associative law Avogadro's law blue law …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LAW — n. Discipline and profession concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct that are recognized as binding by the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WRONG — See: BARK UP THE WRONG TREE, BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT, GET UP ON …
Slang English vocab
WRONG — See ↑ BAD 13, ↑ UNSUITABLE 1,2, ↑ WRONG 1,2,4,5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be wrong • ↑ can do no …
Longman Activator English vocab
WRONG
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SIDE — INDEX: 1. the part that is furthest from the middle 2. one of the two areas on either side of …
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LAW — INDEX: 1. an official rule that everyone must obey 2. the whole system of laws of a country or place …
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WRONG
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIDE — n. 25B6; noun the side of the road : EDGE, border, verge, boundary, margin, fringe(s), flank, bank, perimeter, extremity, periphery, …
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WRONG — adj. 1 improper, unjust, unfair, injudicious, unethical, terrible, foul, awful, bad, immoral, sinful, evil, iniquitous, villainous, wicked, vile, diabolic(al), infernal, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WRONG — See: BARK UP THE WRONG TREE, BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT, GET UP ON …
Словарь английских идиом
WRONG — 1. сущ. 1) неправда; заблуждение, ошибочность Is anything wrong with the documents? ≈ Разве что-нибудь не в порядке с документами? …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIDE — 1. сущ. 1) а) сторона; бок; край on the other side ≈ с другой стороны the wrong side of cloth …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAW — I сущ. 1) а) закон (регулирующий, предписывающий акт) according to the law ≈ по закону to administer, apply, enforce a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WRONG — wrong.ogg 1. rɒŋ n 1. вред; зло; обида right and wrong - добро и зло to make wrong right - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SIDE — side.ogg _I 1. saıd n _I 1. 1> стенка, стена the sides of a box of a vessel - стенки …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LAW — law.ogg 1. lɔ: n 1. закон law enforcement - обеспечение правопорядка см. тж. law-enforcement law digest - сборник законов или …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SIDE — 1) сторона; боковая поверхность 2) стен(к)а 3) горн. стенка выработки 4) берег 5) ветвь ( напр. цепи, приводного ремня ) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LAW — 1) закон; правило; принцип 2) формула 3) теорема 4) право • - air law - A-law - Ampere's circuital law …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SIDE — 1) сторона; боковая поверхность 2) стен(к)а 3) горн. стенка выработки 4) берег 5) ветвь (напр. цепи, приводного ремня) 6) борт (напр. грузового автомобиля) 7) связь боковой …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
LAW — 1) закон; правило; принцип 2) формула 3) теорема 4) право • - air law - A-law - Ampere's circuital law - Ampere's law - antipollution law - antismoke law - associative …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WRONG — 1) ложный 2) неправильность 3) неправильный 4) ошибочность 5) чужой • wrong fount type — чужой шрифт - wrong assumption - wrong channel - wrong decision - wrong direction - wrong …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

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