指某些领导干部不依法办事，而是以个人意志代替法律的行为to substitute one's words for the law

• 有的领导干部习惯以言代法，以权压法。

  Some leading cadres are used to substituting their words for the law and crushing the law with their authority.

• 领导干部要依法办事，不能以权废法，以言代法。

  Leading cadres must do things according to law, and cannot use their authority to disregard the law or substitute their words for the law.