lawlessness
Example Sentences
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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
Boon accused the state of being complicit in the lawlessness.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
A former Jack Smith prosecutor and a veteran corruption reporter map the vectors for lawlessness that many have missed.
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
It was then that the heavens heard the cries of those men who had died from the lawlessness of the Earth.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
