Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a lawless manner, or in a manner contrary to law; unlawfully; without regard for law.
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- adverb In a
lawless manner. Without constraint bylaw ormoral code.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an illegal manner
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Examples
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A program that, through a neural interface, causes people to behave violently or lawlessly would meet this standard.
Are Holodeck Programs Protected Speech? | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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Thus, for a party which controls Congress and the White House, there is no law which applies to the President, given the party is willing to act ruthlessly and lawlessly.
Think Progress » Yoo: Congress Cannot Stop the President From Using Nukes 2010
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Yet participants in more recent public gatherings, also quickly assembled via electronic messaging, have acted far more dangerously and sometimes lawlessly.
Flash Mob Violence and the Constitution Floyd Abrams 2011
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But if the executive of a country is behaving lawlessly, if he flagrantly ignores the constitution, courts, and legislature, then who, exactly, is supposed to rein him in, and how?
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During the post-9/11 period, Bush Administration officials lawlessly detained hundreds, if not thousands, of individuals whose only crime was their religious and ethnic background.
Nan Aron: Ashcroft v. al-Kidd: Immunity for the Shameless? Nan Aron 2010
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But if the executive of a country is behaving lawlessly, if he flagrantly ignores the constitution, courts, and legislature, then who, exactly, is supposed to rein him in, and how?
Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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During the post-9/11 period, Bush Administration officials lawlessly detained hundreds, if not thousands, of individuals whose only crime was their religious and ethnic background.
Nan Aron: Ashcroft v. al-Kidd: Immunity for the Shameless? Nan Aron 2010
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Leading Labour MPs have also been advising Miliband strongly that deep rooted violent gang culture, in part fed by absent fathers, has been creating a reckless willingness to behave lawlessly.
Boris Johnson sparks debate over reduction in police numbers 2011
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Its purpose is to dehumanize and inflict pain, suffering, punishment, intimidation, and discrimination as a way of lawlessly extracting information even though experts acknowledge that torture is ineffective, counterproductive, and, of course, illegal under all circumstances at all times with no exceptions allowed ever.
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Though I've been encouraged by the growing number of Palestinians who are turning towards nonviolent strategies for achieving self-determination, my gut instinct is to be very skeptical of claims that Israel acts recklessly or lawlessly as a matter of course.
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