Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: lawlessness

Synonyms:

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Usage examples:

A cop for nearly 38 years and Toronto police chief from 2015 to 2021, Saunders positioned himself early in the campaign as a tough-on-crime candidate who could save the city from “out-of-control” lawlessness.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9792947/toronto-next-mayor-7-candidates-list/

Alderman Brendan Reilly, whose ward includes the Loop, said the violence is lawlessness on the part of teens looking to score points on social media.

Source: https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-violence-brandon-johnson-teens-new-mayor/13143044/

America's descent toward lawlessness is most visible at retail stores in progressive metro areas.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/e271e71437971b4a?ref=ff

A Solomonic monarch is theoretically the last supposed lone bulwark against mobs, bureaucracy, avarice, internal ethnic strife, lawlessness, foreign predation, and injustice.

Source: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-return-of-the-king/

Everyone is so on edge today because of the madness and lawlessness they see on TV and the Internet.

Source: https://suindependent.com/our-wild-kids-have-america-on-edge/

Expressing disappointment over the continued invasion and killings of Benue citizens by the terrorists, Ortom said the people of Benue state are fed up with this kind of lawlessness that is going on.

Source: https://www.legit.ng/nigeria/1516000-confusion-powerful-g5-governor-throws-heavy-allegation-fg/

Guze added that, unlike some other cities seeing crime spikes, soft-on-crime prosecutors are not playing a role in Raleigh’s murder spike and that he’s not aware of any laws at the state level that would encourage this type of lawlessness.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-news/raleighs-cop-shortage-lingering-anti-police-sentiment-blamed-for-record-high-violence-in-2022-expert/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=raleighs-cop-shortage-lingering-anti-police-sentiment-blamed-for-record-high-vio

He also echoed calls by the boss of for more to be done to protect workers from attacks and blamed complacent authorities which have 'allowed' lawlessness.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12504535/retailers-pay-police-stop-shoplifters-project-pegasus.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

He said SA’s crisis was manifest in the evident collapse in aspects of governance at various levels and “lawlessness that prevails with impunity for the corrupt who loot state resources”.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/daily-protests-state-of-emergency/

However, the impunity with which the constitution was abused, and desecrated could become an irredeemable national embarrassment which illegitimacy is capable of birthing cold lawlessness.

Source: https://247ureports.com/2023/05/tunibu-is-not-riped-not-fit-and-proper-to-be-the-president-of-nigeria-by-enemuo-c-c/

Lee’s distraught friends and colleagues in the tech world quickly linked his death to the city’s “lawlessness” and recidivism.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/cash-app-founder-bob-lee-stabbing-911-call-b2317039.html

Marcos Sr. declared martial law over the country on September 21, 1972 to supposedly quell lawlessness in the country.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1835044/lagman-on-martial-law-no-forgiveness-without-remorse-from-implementers

Meanwhile Holden’s chief of staff Daniel Kurzyna, in an email Tuesday, stressed the councilman never referenced crime, only “lawlessness” in his remarks.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-news/2023/04/fact-focus-nyc-crime-is-not-worst-ever-despite-claims/

Of particular concern is the idea that America needs such a force not to defend against widespread lawlessness, but rather to defend against the ideology reflected in what the Left describes as “MAGA.”

Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/05/04/barr-calls-for-a-national-police-force-must-not-be-allowed-to-succeed/

Our posterity means far more than the feelings of individual non-whites (blacks) who are correctly racial profiled for their collective lawlessness.

Source: https://vdare.com/posts/wired-magazine-comes-out-against-ring-cameras-on-your-home-because-they-help-police-fight-crime-and-might-racially-profile-black-criminals

“Over the years, in every election he is involved in, you experience violence, you experience lawlessness, and even in Nembe-Bassambiri, the name and the character behind what is happening in Nembe-Bassambiri is Timipre Sylva.”

Source: https://www.informationng.com/2023/11/our-officials-held-hostage-in-bayelsa-inec.html

Speaking in an interview with our correspondent on Monday, one of the leaders of the coalition, Olorunfemi Adeyeye, said the “DSS is notorious for lawlessness and an inclination to incite chaos.”

Source: https://punchng.com/fee-hike-students-kick-as-dss-threatens-clampdown-on-protests/

The dystopian action flick, which envisioned an Australia verging on lawlessness due to a worldwide oil shortage, became a box office sensation on the strength of its calamitous, perilously practical high-speed car chases and fiery crashes.

Source: https://www.slashfilm.com/1286593/mad-max-wouldnt-happened-without-lawbreaking/