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was lawless
adjective
Not governed by any law.
Exact(18)
The Night Heron was as exclusive as it was lawless.
As a result of the administration's ineffectiveness and the predominantly male, transient, and uneducated nature of the population, the society was lawless and chaotic.
He helped to set up a false dichotomy about how he was protecting "law and order" and the community was lawless.
Everything was lawless, and the lawlessness was with a purpose, against the state, against control".
The nation was lawless.
"It was lawless and fundamentally illegitimate," he said.
Similar(42)
But it is not just the east that is lawless.
Tracts of neighbouring Mauritania and Burkina Faso are lawless.
For years, Michoacán, the state where Lázaro Cárdenas is located, has been lawless.
Their access to counsel is crucial to their right to prove that their detention is lawless.
We had been warned from Manila to Cebu: Mindanao is lawless.
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