Words similar to lawless
Example sentences for: lawless
How can you use “lawless” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
J. Edgar Hoover despised King, whom he genuinely believed to be a Communist and further resented for assailing the bureau's sometimes laggard enforcement of justice in the lawless South.
The worry: Hong Kong could become like its Chinese sister city Shenzhen, which is capitalist but wild, lawless, and cruel to workers.
Office of Special Investigations--continue the honorable policy of replacing lawless revenge with legitimate justice.
The sunny spin: Finally, lawless superstar athletes are being reined in.
USAT points out that this definition departs from the standard laid down by the Supreme Court in 1969, which limited "threat" to those words that produce or are likely to produce "imminent" lawless action.