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Meanings of lawlessness in inglês

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A state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)

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        Illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law.

              Usage of lawlessness in inglês
              1
              Law enforcement agencies and political figureheads slammed the lawlessness and promised retribution.
              The South African
              2
              Some bemoaned the apparent lawlessness of the situation, pleading for legal intervention.
              The South African
              3
              A certain lawlessness was abroad in the lonelier areas of the battlefields.
              The Happy Foreigner
              4
              There is no neutrality possible in the face of lawlessness and Germanism.
              Defenders of Democracy / Contributions from representative men a...
              5
              Militants have taken advantage of the area's lawlessness to set up strongholds.
              Reuters
              6
              To him alone their lawlessness was hateful; he abhorred the suitor crowd.
              The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) / Stories from the Classic...
              7
              Yet it would be easy to overstate the lawlessness of the Panhandle.
              Oh, You Tex!
              8
              But Antonio doesn't blame the lawlessness in Ciudad Victoria on organized crime.
              The Guardian
              9
              There was a great epidemic of lawlessness in Dublin at that time.
              The Days Before Yesterday
              10
              He has replaced the repression of Saddam Hussein with lawlessness and chaos.
              The Guardian
              11
              Now the chain of lawlessness that had tightened was curious and significant.
              Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories
              12
              The whole bias of your mind has been towards insubordination and lawlessness.
              Ghosts
              13
              The whole country had lately been overrun by open and defiant lawlessness.
              Round Anvil Rock: A Romance
              14
              The tone of morals was what might be expected with such lawlessness.
              The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 4
              15
              There went with that a moderate censure upon the lawlessness of Fenianism.
              The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1
              16
              Nor are such periods confined to the early days of mere lawlessness.
              The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future
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              Lawlessness through the time
              Lawlessness across language varieties
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