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lawlessness
[ law-lis-nis ]
noun
- the quality or condition of being without regard for the law; behavior that is contrary to or shows indifference to the law:
Unfortunately, a lot of confusion, lawlessness, stupidity, and even death surrounds alcohol use in college settings.
- the state or condition of being without law or law enforcement to provide control or restraint:
For several months, the emerging nation looked as if it would slip into lawlessness and civil war.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of lawlessness1
Example Sentences
He said you get "lawlessness" when a prison is destabilised by drugs, with drugs debts leading to violence and potentially self harm.
It鈥檚 tempting to think of Donald Trump鈥檚 second term as a sui generis reign of lawlessness.
But instead of line-crossing and then backtracking, Trump is doubling down on lawlessness and enjoying the bubbling constitutional crisis.
Wilkinson said Garcia鈥檚 deportation threatens to 鈥渞educe the rule of law to lawlessness and tarnish the very values for which Americans of diverse views and persuasions have always stood.鈥
Let鈥檚 be real 鈥 our country is on the brink of lawlessness, mostly because of the president鈥檚 claims that his powers exceed those of the courts.
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