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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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Turning the film into a conduit for pure anarchic glee, Kitano gets about as close as possible to a live-action cartoon.
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Ben Croll, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
Too bad that the glorious anarchic shenanigans of Elmer Fudd, Fred Flintstone, and other icons that defined childhood for multiple generations don’t elicit the same passion.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2024
Director Tim Burton returns to inject the genre with humor and camp while star Michael Keaton provides the Beetlejuice character’s anarchic energy.
—Lucas Trevor, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
The challenge starts with a silly makeover for both parents, an enormous ice cream sundae, and a ride through the car wash with the windows down — but an anarchic trip to the amusement park ends with both parents arrested.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 20 July 2024
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Ben Croll, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
Too bad that the glorious anarchic shenanigans of Elmer Fudd, Fred Flintstone, and other icons that defined childhood for multiple generations don’t elicit the same passion.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2024
Director Tim Burton returns to inject the genre with humor and camp while star Michael Keaton provides the Beetlejuice character’s anarchic energy.
—Lucas Trevor, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
The challenge starts with a silly makeover for both parents, an enormous ice cream sundae, and a ride through the car wash with the windows down — but an anarchic trip to the amusement park ends with both parents arrested.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 20 July 2024
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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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His surname is derived from Ar-Ramtha, a city on the northern edge of Jordan which grew prosperous through the illicit transit of goods in and out of the country.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 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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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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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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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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Gary Lansky, 73, of Detroit, was charged with assault with intent to murder and felonious assault in the Oct. 8 knife attack.Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 15 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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Fans might be willing to pay hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars to attend the games of their favorite teams, but the high ticket prices are not as much of a deterrent to unruly behavior.Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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For a long time, Martha Stewart kept the lid on the more unruly details of her personal life sealed tight.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Anarchic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anarchic. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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