Definition of “lawless”

At least 33 aid workers have been killed in Afghanistan since March 2003 - mostly in rebel attacks in the lawless south and east.

But even such ingenious reinterpretations are themselves to be cast aside when it comes to the lawless land of poetry.

But what part had rationality in the fear of a lawless killer?

Butte, Mo., was one of the toughest and most lawless mining towns in North America.

He would like to see a `military-style force" impose order and eliminate poaching in this lawless region.

In one of the four episodes, they are called on to infiltrate a gang of ex-British soldiers turned lawless bombers.

Ireland is becoming an increasingly unfriendly place for the lawless.

`And," I went on, `if we once lived in a naturally lawless state, like animals - `'Not animals, Ned," Traveller corrected me.

`But the country is still fundamentally lawless and entirely controlled by the communists.