It was an era of lawlessness.
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Lawlessness
Synonyms for "lawlessness" (74 found)
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Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
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Translations
55 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عَدَم وُجُود قَوَانِين noun (lack of law and order)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- hüquqsuzluq noun (lack of law and order)
- qanunsuzluq noun (lack of law and order)
- özbaşınalıq noun (lack of law and order)
Belarusian
2 entries- беззако́нне noun (lack of law and order)
- бяспра́ўе noun (lack of law and order)
Bulgarian
1 entries- беззако́ние noun (lack of law and order)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 無法無天 /无法无天 noun (lack of law and order)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- qanunsızlıq noun (lack of law and order)
Czech
2 entries- bezpráví noun (lack of law and order)
- nezákonnost noun (lack of law and order)
Danish
2 entries- lovløshed noun (lack of law and order)
- retsløshed noun (lack of law and order)
Dutch
1 entries- wetteloosheid noun (lack of law and order)
Finnish
1 entries- laittomuus noun (lack of law and order)
French
2 entries- anarchie noun (lack of law and order)
- illégalité noun (lack of law and order)
German
2 entries- Gesetzlosigkeit noun (lack of law and order)
- Zügellosigkeit noun (lack of law and order)
Greek
2 entries- αναρχία noun (lack of law and order)
- ανομία noun (lack of law and order)
Hindi
2 entries- अराजकता noun (lack of law and order)
- अव्यवस्था noun (lack of law and order)
Irish
1 entries- aindlí noun (lack of law and order)
Italian
2 entries- Far West noun (lack of law and order)
- illegalità noun (lack of law and order)
Japanese
1 entries- 無法 noun (lack of law and order)
Korean
1 entries- 무법 noun (lack of law and order)
Latvian
1 entries- nelikumība noun (lack of law and order)
Macedonian
1 entries- беззаконитост noun (lack of law and order)
Māori
1 entries- turekoretanga noun (lack of law and order)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- akt noun (lack of law and order)
- fredløshet noun (lack of law and order)
- lovløshet noun (lack of law and order)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- lovløyse noun (lack of law and order)
Persian
1 entries- بیقانونی noun (lack of law and order)
Polish
2 entries- bezprawie noun (lack of law and order)
- swawola noun (lack of law and order)
Portuguese
1 entries- anarquia noun (lack of law and order)
Romanian
2 entries- anarhie noun (lack of law and order)
- ilegalitate noun (lack of law and order)
Russian
3 entries- беззако́ние noun (lack of law and order)
- беспра́вие noun (lack of law and order)
- беспреде́л noun (lack of law and order)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bezákonje noun (lack of law and order)
- bèsprāvlje noun (lack of law and order)
- беза́коње noun (lack of law and order)
- бѐспра̄вље noun (lack of law and order)
Slovak
2 entries- bezprávie noun (lack of law and order)
- nezákonnosť noun (lack of law and order)
Slovene
1 entries- brezzakonje noun (lack of law and order)
Spanish
1 entries- iniquidad noun (lack of law and order)
Swedish
1 entries- laglöshet noun (lack of law and order)
Ukrainian
2 entries- беззако́ння noun (lack of law and order)
- безпра́в'я noun (lack of law and order)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
In this place of beauty, there is an underside of lawlessness, corruption and poverty that could threaten the sustainability of the biosphere.
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The government still lacks full control of the countryside, where lawlessness persists.
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The refugees paint a bleak picture of mounting violence and lawlessness as civilians scramble to overcome shortages of food, water and fuel.
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