lawless
Use Lawless in a sentence
lɪs adjective
1.
contrary to or without regard for the law: lawless violence.
2.
being without law; uncontrolled by a law; unbridled; unruly; unrestrained: lawless passion.
3.
illegal: bootleggers' lawless activity.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To lawless
Collins
World English Dictionary
lawless (ˈlɔːlɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | without law |
| 2. | disobedient to the law |
| 3. | contrary to or heedless of the law |
| 4. | uncontrolled; unbridled: lawless rage |
| 'lawlessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'lawlessness | |
| —n | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Lawless
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Example sentences from the web
That night and the next, there was sporadic violence and rioting in the lawless city.
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
