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[ law-lis ] / ˈlɔ lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lawless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecontrary to or without regard for the law: lawless violence. being without law; uncontrolled by a law; unbridled; unruly; unrestrained: lawless passion. illegal: bootleggers' lawless activity. Origin of lawlessFirst recorded in 1150–1200, lawless is from the Middle English word laweles.See law1, -less OTHER WORDS FROM lawlesslaw·less·ly, adverblaw·less·ness, nounWords nearby lawlesslawgiver, law-hand, lawin, lawing, lawks, lawless, Law Lords, lawmaker, lawman, law merchant, lawn Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lawlessThe lawless law enforcement in eastern Ukraine exists somewhere between Soviet rule and vigilante justice. The Corrupt Cops of Rebel-Held East Ukraine|Kristina Jovanovski|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST The horrific case of an abandoned baby with Down syndrome has exposed the lawless world of international surrogacy. The Wild, Wild West of Thai Surrogacy|Emily Shire|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST “The methamphetamine trade has made Wyoming revert to the lawless anarchy of the Old West,” he remarked pungently. The Myths of Matthew Shepard’s Infamous Death|Stephen Jimenez|September 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST If you are willing to shoot your mother in the face you are lawless. Pro-Gun Advocates Push Back Against Gun Control After Newtown|David Freedlander|December 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It even had a name, Waziristan House, after one of the most lawless districts along the Afghan-Pakistan border. Dr. Afridi’s Warning: Pakistan’s Hatred of the United States|Bruce Riedel|September 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST The town had never been lawless, although some lawless people had sojourned there. Wild Youth, Volume Complete|Gilbert Parker For an indolent and lawless imagination force of character is the only whip, force of intellect the only guide. The name of the most celebrated and most lawless of their race stirred them to their souls. The Firebrand|S. R. Crockett At last Lawless could stand it no longer and, almost foaming at the mouth, hurried to the operator's room. Commander Lawless V.C.|Rolf Bennett Yet even now temptation was sometimes too strong for lawless men. The Elephant God|Gordon Casserly
British Dictionary definitions for lawless
adjectivewithout law disobedient to the law contrary to or heedless of the law uncontrolled; unbridledlawless rage Derived forms of lawlesslawlessly, adverblawlessness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lawlessbarbarous, chaotic, turbulent, violent, unruly, anarchic, bad, contumacious, criminal, despotic, disobedient, disordered, disorderly, evil, fierce, heterodox, insubordinate, insurgent, mutinous, nihilistic |