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单词 lawless
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Teams were flown in by helicopter to seek and destroy a base in the lawless area.The lawless country has been torn apart by two decades of civil war.The whole place had a lawless air about it.He grew up in a lawless country.Butcher himself risked life and limb on roads that have returned to jungle and a river that is increasingly lawless.But the thousands of men and women pouring into this lawless place are not afraid of the rebels terrorising its streets.The prison is a lawless place.Riots, looting and mayhem followed as crowds piled into the lawless city.It is an often lawless area of Kingston and he has plans for a charitable initiative there.In the lawless tribal regions, such things have happened in the past.For decades, systematic intimidation meant that the area was effectively lawless.This was debatable land, a lawless country.They think they will, and all they will do is make this a much more lawless country.Are other towns similarly lawless?Like its predecessor, this Brazilian movie tells the tale of young friends trying to survive in a lawless shanty town.

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lawless

British English: lawless ADJECTIVE
Lawless actions break the law, especially in a wild and violent way.
The government recognised there were problems in urban areas but these could never be an excuse for lawless behaviour.
  • American English: lawless
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ilegal
  • Chinese: 非法的
  • European Spanish: descontrolado
  • French: qui ne respecte pas la loi
  • German: gesetzwidrig
  • Italian: illegale
  • Japanese: 法に従わない
  • Korean: 무법의
  • European Portuguese: ilegal
  • Latin American Spanish: descontrolado

Chinese translation of 'lawless'

lawless

(ˈlɔːlɪs)

adj

  1. [action] 不法的 (bùfǎ de)
(adjective) 
Definition
not having laws
They said there could never be an excuse for lawless behaviour.
Synonyms
disorderly
disorderly conduct
wild
The angry crowd became quite wild and agitated.
unruly
It's not good enough just to blame the unruly children.
rebellious
a rebellious and dissident territory
chaotic
My house is always a chaotic mess.
reckless
insurgent
The insurgent leaders were put on trial.
anarchic
anarchic attitudes and disrespect for authority
riotous
a riotous mob of hooligans
unrestrained
seditious
He fell under suspicion for distributing seditious pamphlets.
mutinous
His own army, stung by defeat, is mutinous.
insubordinate
Workers who are grossly insubordinate are threatened with discharge.
ungoverned
Opposites
disciplined
, legitimate,
regimented
,
restrained
,
orderly
,
civilized
,
lawful
,
law-abiding
,
obedient
,
compliant
,
licit

Additional synonyms

in the sense of anarchic
anarchic attitudes and disrespect for authority
Synonyms
lawless,
rioting,
confused,
disordered,
revolutionary,
chaotic,
rebellious,
riotous,
disorganized,
misruled,
ungoverned,
misgoverned
in the sense of chaotic
My house is always a chaotic mess.
Synonyms
disordered,
confused,
uncontrolled,
anarchic,
tumultuous,
lawless,
riotous,
topsy-turvy,
disorganized,
purposeless,
rampageous
in the sense of insubordinate
Definition
not submissive to authority
Workers who are grossly insubordinate are threatened with discharge.
Synonyms
disobedient,
defiant,
rebellious,
disorderly,
turbulent,
unruly,
insurgent,
recalcitrant,
fractious,
riotous,
undisciplined,
seditious,
mutinous,
ungovernable,
refractory,
contumacious (literary)

Nearby words of
lawless

  • law-abiding
  • lawbreaker
  • lawful
  • lawless
  • lawlessness
  • lawsuit
  • lawyer

Synonyms of 'lawless'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of insurgent
Definition
rebellious or in revolt against an established authority
The insurgent leaders were put on trial.
Synonyms
rebellious,
revolutionary,
mutinous,
revolting,
riotous,
seditious,
disobedient,
insubordinate,
insurrectionary
in the sense of mutinous
Definition
openly rebellious
His own army, stung by defeat, is mutinous.
Synonyms
rebellious,
revolutionary,
turbulent,
subversive,
unruly,
insurgent,
riotous,
unmanageable,
seditious,
disobedient,
ungovernable,
refractory,
bolshie (British, informal),
insubordinate,
contumacious (literary)
in the sense of rebellious
Definition
rebelling or showing a tendency towards rebellion
a rebellious and dissident territory
Synonyms
revolutionary,
rebel,
disorderly,
unruly,
turbulent,
disaffected,
insurgent,
recalcitrant,
disloyal,
seditious,
mutinous,
disobedient,
ungovernable,
insubordinate,
insurrectionary
in the sense of riotous
Definition
unruly or rebellious
a riotous mob of hooligans
Synonyms
unruly,
violent,
disorderly,
rebellious,
rowdy,
anarchic,
tumultuous,
lawless,
mutinous,
ungovernable,
uproarious,
refractory,
insubordinate,
rampageous
in the sense of seditious
He fell under suspicion for distributing seditious pamphlets.
Synonyms
revolutionary,
dissident,
subversive,
rebellious,
disloyal,
mutinous,
refractory,
treasonable,
insubordinate
in the sense of unruly
Definition
difficult to control or organize
It's not good enough just to blame the unruly children.
Synonyms
uncontrollable,
wild,
unmanageable,
disorderly,
turbulent,
boisterous,
rebellious,
wayward,
rowdy,
intractable,
wilful,
lawless,
fractious,
riotous,
headstrong,
mutinous,
disobedient,
ungovernable,
refractory,
obstreperous,
insubordinate
in the sense of wild
Definition
lacking restraint or control
The angry crowd became quite wild and agitated.
Synonyms
uncontrolled,
violent,
rough,
disorderly,
noisy,
chaotic,
turbulent,
wayward,
unruly,
rowdy,
boisterous,
lawless,
unfettered,
unbridled,
riotous,
unrestrained,
unmanageable,
impetuous,
undisciplined,
ungovernable,
self-willed,
uproarious
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