lawlessness
Example Sentences
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Boon accused the state of being complicit in the lawlessness.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
On this week’s Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick brings together two of the sharpest observers of Trump-era lawlessness to map exactly what this is and why it matters.
From Slate ● May 23, 2026
Moody had made his name as an anticorruption crusader during his tenure as the state’s attorney general: Borger’s cartoonish governmental lawlessness struck him as both a political liability and a moral affront.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Hilton, a former Fox News host, wrote in an email that “every sane person is horrified by the scenes of chaos and lawlessness in Minneapolis, and most of all that people are getting killed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
At first, whatever lawlessness took place was relatively harmless.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
