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Lawless

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Adjective

1. anarchic, anarchical, lawless

without law or control

Example Sentences:
'the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic'

2. lawless, wide-open

lax in enforcing laws

Example Sentences:
'a wide-open town'

3. lawless, outlaw

disobedient to or defiant of law

Example Sentences:
'lawless bands roaming the plains'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lawless

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adjective
1. 
without law
2. 
disobedient to the law
3. 
contrary to or heedless of the law
4. 
uncontrolled; unbridled
lawless rage

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Lawless

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adjective
1. 
without law; not regulated by the authority of law
a lawless city
2. 
not in conformity with law; illegal
lawless practices
3. 
not obeying the law; unruly; disorderly

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lawless

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adj.
1. Unrestrained by law; unruly: a lawless mob.
2. Contrary to the law; unlawful: the lawless slaughter of protected species.
3. Not governed by law: the lawless frontier.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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