lawless
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"Under such circumstances, what exactly is Iran expected to do?" he asked, stating: "Iran is not a nation that submits to coercion, intimidation or lawless aggression."
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
“It has to be an agreement to use force, threat, or intimidation to impede federal officials,” Litman explained, and those threats have to produce imminent lawless action—known as the Brandenburg standard.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026
This instability created lawless zones such as the “neutral ground” of Bergen County in northeast New Jersey and the Pine Barrens in the south, where hardened “banditti” flourished.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
At the time, Darfur was Sudan's wild west - poor, lawless and neglected by the government of then-President Omar al-Bashir.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025
The West is lawless as all get-out from what the papers say.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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