Meaning & use
Lawless
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Not governed by or obedient to laws; characterized by an absence of legal order and control.
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The frontier town was notoriously lawless before a sheriff finally arrived.
In the chaos after the storm, looters roamed the lawless streets.
A note on using this word
"Lawless" can describe both a place with no functioning legal system and an individual person who habitually disregards the law.
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Words with an opposite meaning
orderlylaw-abiding
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