lovløs
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lovløs (neuter lovløst, plural and definite singular attributive lovløse)
- lawless, not governed by law, in a state of anarchy
- (also as a noun) outlaw, not protected by law
- 2013, Kirsten Sonne Harild, Synnes hævn 1: Flugten, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
- ”De fik mig hængt op på branden i laden og alt muligt tyveri. Gjorde mig lovløs. Nu er jeg jaget. De vil hænge mig.
- "They pinned the fire in the barn, and all sorts of thefts, on me. Made me an outlaw. Now I am hunted. They want to hang me.
- (by extension) not accepted by society
- 2006, Henrik Saxgren, Krig og kærlighed: om indvandringen i Norden, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 236:
- Er man gift med en sigøjner, bliver man lovløs og der gik ikke lang tid, før han blev han fyret fra sit job som mekaniker.
- If one is married to a gypsy, one becomes an outlaw, and it didn't take long before he was fired from his job as a mechanic.
- 2017, Ole Fogh Kirkeby, Ordet er sjælens spejl: Samtaler der befrier, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- Det religiøse politi, Diyanet, havde sunniislam som dagsorden for riget, og shiamystikken var gjort lovløs.
- The religious police, Diyanet, has sunni Islam as its agenda for the country, and shia mysticism had been made outlaw.
- criminal
- 2016, Herta J. Enevoldsen, Blandt sigøjnere, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
- ... og at der nu og da slipper nogle lovløse ud, som hellere skulle være blevet under lås og slå.
- ... and that, now and then, some criminals slip out that should preferably have remained under lock and key.
- 2017, Arne Falk-Rønne, Spanien i hjertet, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
- ... for Sierraen var endnu dengang skjulested for banditter og lovløse fra borgerkrigens dage ...
- ... for the Sierra was then still a hiding hole for bandits and criminals from the days of the civil war ...
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- lovlaus (Nynorsk also)
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lovløs (neuter singular lovløst, definite singular and plural lovløse)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “lovløs” in The Bokmål Dictionary.