lawless
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criminal, felonious, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful, wrongful
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Subsequently, all eyes turned to the once lawless western borderland with Afghanistan. — Hollie Mckay, Fox News, "Trump's wrath forces Pakistan to double down on push to eliminate terrorist sanctuaries," 10 July 2018 The Trump administration has accused China of using predatory tactics in a lawless drive to overtake America’s technological supremacy. — Paul Wiseman, The Seattle Times, "What you need to know about the upcoming U.S.-China tariffs," 2 July 2018 Salvini insists that the Libyan coast guard deal with migrants in waters off the largely lawless North African country. — Washington Post, "Rescued migrants questioned in Sicily about alleged threats," 13 July 2018 Most migrants from Africa land in Italy, arriving via human-trafficking networks in overcrowded vessels from a lawless Libya. — Alessandro Giovanni Borghese, Bloomberg.com, "Why European Tension Is Rising Over Migrants (Again)," 22 June 2018 Areas outside the security wall already have become virtually lawless. — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, "With Trump in power, emboldened Israelis try redrawing Jerusalem’s boundaries," 12 Jan. 2018 The next day, Prithviraj sent me out with his driver to see just how lawless the industry can be. — Adam Matthews, Newsweek, "The Environmental Crisis in Your Closet," 13 Aug. 2015 Some of those now being cared for in IOM transit centres report that lawless militias in Libya are kidnapping migrants and holding them for ransom. — The Economist, "On the edge of the Sahara, people mourn the decline of people-smuggling," 5 July 2018 Although not exactly the lawless wild west, the search for extraterrestrial life remains so speculative that meaningful regulations are few and far between. — Leonard David, Scientific American, "As Space Becomes a Busy Place, NASA Bolsters Its Planet-Contamination Police," 3 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lawless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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lawless
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of lawless
: having no laws
: not obeying the law
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Kids Definition of lawless
1 : having no laws : not based on or controlled by law a lawless frontier town
2 : uncontrolled by law : unruly a lawless mob
lawless
adjectiveLegal Definition of lawless
1 : not restrained or controlled by law
2 : illegal a lawless act
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