Cops disperse crowd at Kharkiv oblast administration

[zhiva]

What is the English word for "беспредел"? It means outrageous breach of all limits, lack of any restraint, gang rule, infinite lawlessness.

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[rantinan.livejournal.com]

Cant think of a single word for all of that, but miscarrage of justice comes close.

[zhiva]

Wiki'ed miscarriage of justice, it doesn't fit. "Беспредел" has more of infraction, atrocity, outrage. It's not "the conviction and punishment of a person for a crime they did not commit", but can include it.

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

In Australia it tends to be used for things like un-prosecuted police brutality, entrapment and the like too. Prolly one of those regional things