lawless
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He said: "This lawless gang chaos should never have been allowed to take root in the first place."
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“This is a desperate situation where you have a lawless agency flouting the laws and threatening resources,” Rosenfield said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
What she’s targeting is the lawless underlying subpoena, saying it was unenforceable to begin with.
From Slate ● May 18, 2026
And at times “Kenrex” verges on caricature in its depiction of rural life as a lawless Wild Midwest, garnished by such down-home delicacies as “a deep fried barbecue chili cheese dog with bacon crumbles.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
They could do anything; there was something desperately lawless about them and their noise-deadened brains.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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