lawlessness
Example Sentences
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When those feelings go unaddressed for long enough, Hamm said, people will come to accept a certain amount of lawlessness from the figures they feel can solve their problems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The feeling of lawlessness has galvanised the community in many ways.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
President Hoover warned that the lawlessness “indicated a complete breakdown in Government.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Still, the reference to 1930s-era Chicago law enforcement was apt, because it was an era of police lawlessness, where unconstitutional practices like the third-degree were justified as necessary to stopping organized crime.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
And God ordered his left hand, the angel Gabriel, to go down to Earth and stop the lawlessness.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
