lawlessness

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A lack of law; a lack of law and order; anarchy.

   “Near-synonyms: Wild West, free-for-all”

2. (countable, uncountable)Defiance of the law; outlawry, exorbitant levels of crime.

   “The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, created in the 1950s to break the mob’s grip on the docks, became its own bastion of corruption and lawlessnesses, according to a scathing report from the released on Tuesday after a nearly two-year investigation by the state inspector general’s office.”

   “We’re in decline because a spirit of lawlessness, shamelessness and brainlessness has become a leading feature of a conservative movement that was supposed to be a bulwark against all three.”