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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a lawless act" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action that is illegal or without legal authority.
Example: "The protest escalated into a lawless act when individuals began vandalizing property."
Alternatives: "an unlawful act" or "an illegal act".
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Targeting him for killing is a lawless act, and the Constitution forbids it.
The police called it a lawless act of revenge — one brother dying for the sins of another.
But Erich Pratt, a spokesman for Gun Owners of America, said: "This would be a lawless act on the part of the president.
"This incident is purely about a lawless act by the North Korean border police to blackmail our fishermen," said Lu Chao, adding that such attacks frequently happened to Chinese fishermen working near the border waters.
"Declaring a national emergency would be a lawless act, a gross abuse of the power of the presidency and a desperate attempt to distract from the fact that President Trump broke his core promise to have Mexico pay for his wall," they said.
Speaking to WND, the attorney deemed Obama's directive "a lawless act" that was an example of the previous administration's attempt to impose the LGBTQ "agenda" on public schools.
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Agis, being now at the point to die, perceived one of the officers bitterly bewailing his misfortune; "Weep not, friend," said he, "for me, who die innocent, by the lawless act of wicked men.
One definition of "legitimate" is "lawful," and here we have, on the one side, Trump legally winning the vote of the electoral college and, on the other, the lawless act of stealing emails.
Last year's presumed attack on the South Korean naval vessel, the Cheonan, in March, killing 46 sailors and the artillery barrage on civilians living on the island of Yeonpyeong in November were only the latest in a string of lawless acts of aggression.So it must be debatable whether there is any point in "engaging" the North Korean government.
'By the common as well as by statute law, men are aften punished for aggravated misconduct or lawless acts, by means of a civil action, and the damages, inflicted by way of penalty or punishment, given to the party injured.' Day v. Woodworth, 13 How.
Al Qaeda and terrorist are interchangeable when over-broad laws (or lawless acts such as torture) are being defended.
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