lawlessness

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English

Etymology

From lawless +‎ -ness.

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Noun

lawlessness (countable and uncountable, plural lawlessnesses)

  1. A lack of law and order; anarchy.
  2. Defiance of the law; outlawry, exorbitant levels of crime.
    • 2009 August 12, Jennifer 8. Lee, “Corruption Found at Waterfront Watchdog”, in The New York Times‎:
      The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, created in the 1950s to break the mob’s grip on the docks, became its own bastion of corruption and lawlessnesses, according to a scathing report from the released on Tuesday after a nearly two-year investigation by the state inspector general’s office.
    • 2023 August 28, Gail Collins and Bret Stephens, “Vivek Ramaswamy Is Suddenly Part of Our Political Life”, in The New York Times‎:
      We’re in decline because a spirit of lawlessness, shamelessness and brainlessness has become a leading feature of a conservative movement that was supposed to be a bulwark against all three.

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