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单词 lawless
释义 law·less
\ˈlȯlə̇s\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English lawelees, from lawe law + -lees -less
1.
 a. : being without law : having no laws : not regulated by law
  < the lawless desert >
  < thought is anarchic and lawless — Bertrand Russell >
 b. : not based on law
  < the lawless dictates of the conqueror >
2. archaic : exempt from the operation of law
3.
 a. : not restrained or controlled by consideration for a law (as of morality or decency) : unruly, disorderly
  < the frontier … produced a lawless class of Indian traders — H.E.Davis >
 b. : illegal
  < engaging in lawless activity until the police finally caught him >
law·less·ly adverb
law·less·ness noun -es
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