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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 lawlessness
 無法無天;非法

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Law·less, a.
 1. Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim.
    He needs no indirect nor lawless course.   --Shak.
 2. Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior.
 3. Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled.
    Or, meteorlike, flame lawless through the void.   --Pope.
 -- Law*less*ly, adv. -- Law*less*ness, n.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 lawlessness
      n 1: a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from
           a failure of government) [syn: anarchy]
      2: illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of
         the law [syn: outlawry]