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also anarchical
as in criminal
not restrained by or under the control of legal authority
the citywide blackouts caused anarchic looting and rioting
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Recent Examples of anarchic
And compounding all this is a breakdown of public order among this starving and desperate population, with anarchic fights over food turning deadly.
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Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
Based in Barcelona, and descending from both Catalan and Italian roots, the duo stumbles into an anarchic industrial wilderness on Toda la Verdad Sobre Dame Area, a departure from its more melodic predecessor that nonetheless promises a nightmarishly good time.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2024
But the claims in some media that Telegram is some sort of anarchic paradise are absolutely untrue.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2024
Turning the film into a conduit for pure anarchic glee, Kitano gets about as close as possible to a live-action cartoon.
—Ben Croll, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
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Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
Based in Barcelona, and descending from both Catalan and Italian roots, the duo stumbles into an anarchic industrial wilderness on Toda la Verdad Sobre Dame Area, a departure from its more melodic predecessor that nonetheless promises a nightmarishly good time.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2024
But the claims in some media that Telegram is some sort of anarchic paradise are absolutely untrue.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2024
Turning the film into a conduit for pure anarchic glee, Kitano gets about as close as possible to a live-action cartoon.
—Ben Croll, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anarchic
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Officers conducting a preliminary investigation reviewed messages the student had left on Discord, an online chatting app used by gamers and others, and arrested the student on suspicion of making criminal threats.Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Those schools were, according to former pupils, hotbeds of cruelty and child abuse — an independent investigation in 2005 found evidence of criminal assault at the boys’ school in the 1970s and ’80s — as well as highly traditionalist values.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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On Tuesday, Vice President Nguema Obiang Mangue ordered new measures to prevent judiciary and ministry officials from engaging in illicit acts at work, a government statement said.Reuters, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Cases like these — and the slew of illicit shops padlocked by police on the local news — have the potential to alarm Americans who have only just begun to support the notion of legalization, and provide fuel for those who are opposed to it.Lavanya Ramanathan, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Scott was released on bond after paying $500 on the disorderly intoxication charge and $150 on the trespassing charge.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
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Friday morning’s arrest, a few hours later, comes less than two months after Scott was arrested in Miami for disorderly intoxication and trespassing.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2024
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Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2017
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Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.Lisa Beebe, Los Angeles Magazine, 5 July 2017
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Besides murder, the jury also found Coy guilty of felonious assault and reckless homicide.Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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About a month after the shooting, the 46-year-old Coy was arrested and indicted on charges of murder, reckless homicide, felonious assault and two counts of dereliction of duty.Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
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When the shootings — and his subsequent, murderous live TV appearance as Joker — inspire lawless mobs in clown masks to riot against the rich, one such criminal shoots down Bruce’s parents outside of a movie theater, setting off Bruce’s own journey into becoming Batman.Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement Trump painted California as a lawless, dystopian state, and at times correctly touched on the economic struggles faced by many residents.Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
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In the second incident, which took place after 6 p.m., multiple officers were summoned to a section of the stadium where three allegedly unruly fans were ejected but refused to exit, the body camera video shows.Dennis Romero, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Their personas seem derived from the unruly and edgy rockstars of the past.Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Anarchic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anarchic. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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