Definition of "lawlessly" [lawlessly]

• In a lawless manner. Without constraint by law or moral code. (adverb)

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• "But if the executive of a country is behaving lawlessly, if he flagrantly ignores the constitution, courts, and legislature, then who, exactly, is supposed to rein him in, and how?"
• "Yet participants in more recent public gatherings, also quickly assembled via electronic messaging, have acted far more dangerously and sometimes lawlessly."
• "During the post-9/11 period, Bush Administration officials lawlessly detained hundreds, if not thousands, of individuals whose only crime was their religious and ethnic background."