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What does lawless mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word lawless? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Not governed by any law.
  2. Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal.
  3. Not restrained by the law or by discipline; unruly, disorderly.
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Whereas in the Taliban regime it seemed pretty lawless, from the descriptions.
Other sources mention Vlad's determination to bring order in lawless times.
Banda's name struck terror into the hearts of lawless people, and thefts and dacoity became a thing of the past.
The novel conjures up a lawless dystopian world of youth violence and institutional mind-manipulation.
He had been at this particular gaol for several months, and had watched her grow in all the lawless skills there were.
Among these many worlds, the underworld of that age was representative of the outrageous, brash and lawless life.

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