lawlessness

Example Sentences

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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

And yet, in a version of Britain the rest of Europe has abandoned to death and lawlessness, Kelson survives because of his dedication to artistic and scientific curiosity.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

“You don’t treat lawlessness with other lawlessness, and that’s what’s happened here,” he said Sunday on ABC News’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

Last month, as part of a "clean-up" campaign across Johannesburg, the city council said the inner city had been "targeted... for the systemic removal of pervasive lawlessness, illegal activities, hijacked properties, and critical by-law infringements".

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

At first, whatever lawlessness took place was relatively harmless.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler