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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. without law or control;
- Example: "the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic"
[syn: anarchic, anarchical, lawless]

2. lax in enforcing laws;
- Example: "a wide-open town"
[syn: wide-open, lawless]

3. disobedient to or defiant of law;
- Example: "lawless bands roaming the plains"
[syn: lawless, outlaw(a)]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lawless \Law"less\, a. 1. Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim. [1913 Webster] He needs no indirect nor lawless course. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior. [1913 Webster] 3. Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled. [1913 Webster] Or, meteorlike, flame lawless through the void. --Pope. -- Law"less*ly, adv. -- Law"less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lawless adj 1: without law or control; "the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic" [syn: anarchic, anarchical, lawless] 2: lax in enforcing laws; "a wide-open town" [syn: wide-open, lawless] 3: disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the plains" [syn: lawless, outlaw(a)]