to slip the bounds of law

[GoodTaste]

Does "to slip the bounds of law" mean "to get rid of the bounds of law"?

There are two definitions that appear fitting the situation:

to pass from or escape (one's memory, etc.):
[~ + object]The date for our meeting has slipped my mind.
to put out of correct position:
[~ + object]I slipped a disk in my back.

I don't know which is better.
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Sam Harris likedDamon Linker
@DamonLinker
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Jun 2
Looting, stealing, smashing, burning, and destroying is not a protest. It’s lawlessness that serves as a pretext for authoritarians to slip the bounds of law themselves while proclaiming they’re defenders of the public good.


We are doing this to ourselves.

 

[GoesStation]

To escape from or disregard legal control.

 

[GoodTaste]

To escape from or disregard legal control.

The word "slip" sounds more colourful to me.

 

[GoesStation]

The word "slip" sounds more colourful to me.

That's why the writer picked it. He changed a word, but probably had this sonnet in mind. It begins

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings ….

Or maybe not. That's inappropriately positive for the current situation.