'wanton killing' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to murder, especially when it is done without apparent motive or justification. For example: "The wanton killing of innocent civilians in the conflict has been condemned by human rights organisations."
Torture and wanton killing not only were morally corrupting but corrupted discipline in a military organization.
Osama bin Laden and Harry Truman justified wanton killing with essentially the same Manichean rhetoric.
Sure, they said, the coca brought more money, but also wanton killing, prostitution and benefits that did not last.
Most of the young protesters in Shahbagh Square never lived under occupation or experienced the terror of midnight raids or the fear of rape, torture and wanton killing.
Secret graveyards like this one are scattered across Sri Lanka, a small island tormented by violent conflict and sometimes wanton killing on both sides.
"This wanton killing of innocents is just the most recent of the many vicious acts perpetrated by Isil-affiliated terrorists against the people of the region, including the murders of dozens of Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai, which only further galvanises the international community to unite against Isil," said spokesman Josh Earnest.
The other reason is that the Justice Department has developed a time tested template for dealing with wanton police killing cases of unarmed black men.
The statement went on to describe Isis as a group that "does not want to conceal its terrorist plots" and which commits "many criminal acts from wanton destruction to killing innocent Muslim and non-Muslims in Syria and Iraq".
The wanton Boy that kills the Fly Shall feel the Spider's enmity.
Daughter Claire Julie Bowenn) is a stressed-out, overworked, over-scheduled mother trying to keep her teenage daughter from following in her own apparently wanton footsteps and her two youngest children from killing each other.
Although quite capable of wanton cruelty, he did not have the lust for killing for the sake of killing that drove Hitler and Stalin.
