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Adjective: lawless  lo-lus
  1. Without law or control
    "The region descended into a lawless state after the government collapsed";
    - anarchic, anarchical
     
  2. Disobedient to or defiant of law
    "lawless bands roaming the plains";
    - outlaw
     
  3. Lax in enforcing laws
    "a lawless town";
    - wide-open

See also: illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed, uncontrolled, unlawful

Encyclopedia: Lawless, Robert