1 (of a country or an area) where laws do not exist or are not obeyed:
lawless streets * the lawless days of the revolution
2 (of people or their actions) without respect for the law:
lawless gangs
lawlessness noun [U]:
The climate here is one of violence and lawlessness.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is lawless a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, lawless is tagged as adjective.
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