Meaning:
The phrase to bend the law means to cheat a little bit without breaking the law.
Examples:
- And cops never bend the law, do they?
- I cannot touch him unless I bend the law slightly.
- There's always a way to bend the law.
- They have to wait for the judge. And you can't bend the law to help your friends.
- Well, they had to wait for the judge, and you can't bend the law to help your friends.
- We're cops. We like to get the bad guys. And we can bend the law, but we can't break it.