lawlessness

law·less (lô

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.

lawless·ly adv.

lawless·ness n.

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Noun	1.	lawlessness - a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) anarchy governing, government activity, government, governance, administration - the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" disorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order nihilism - complete denial of all established authority and institutions
	2.	lawlessness - illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law outlawry illegality - unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute

lawlessness

noun anarchy, disorder, chaos, reign of terror, mob rule, mobocracy, ochlocracy Lawlessness is a major problem.

Translations

lawlessness [ˈlɔːlɪsnɪs] N [of place] → desgobierno m, anarquía f; [of act] → ilegalidad f, criminalidad f

lawlessness [ˈlɔːləsnɪs] n (= behaviour which breaks the law) → non-respect m des lois, non-droit m
Law Lord n (British) juge siégeant à la Chambre des lords

lawlessness

n (of act) → Gesetzwidrigkeit f; (of person, society, country) → Gesetzlosigkeit f; lawlessness among young people → gesetzwidriges Verhalten unter Jugendlichen; after the coup, the country reverted to lawlessness → nach dem Staatsstreich fiel das Land in einen Zustand der Gesetzlosigkeit zurück

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administration
anarchy
anomic
anomie
anomy
Brazen age
chaos
criminality
disorder
foreign internal defense
governance
governing
government
government activity
illegality
internal defense and development
licence
misrule
nihilism

This explanation will, I trust, relieve those well-regulated minds, who cannot conceive of such literary lawlessness, from the bewilderment which they suffered when the same experiment was tried in a former book.

An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

Mercedes and I are not much alarmed about the horse, although this part of Spain is in something of a turmoil, politically, at present, and there is a good deal of lawlessness.

A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context

Maidens and modesty, as I have said, wandered at will alone and unattended, without fear of insult from lawlessness or libertine assault, and if they were undone it was of their own will and pleasure.

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

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