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Wild West

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WildWest

  1. (historical) ThewesternUnited States during the 19th-centuryera ofsettlement, commonly believed to belawless andunruly.
  2. (by extension) A place or situation in whichdisorderlybehavior prevails, especially due to a lack ofregulatoryoversight or aninadequatelegalsystem.
    • 2012, Peter M. Haas, John A. Hird,Controversies in Globalization: Contending Approaches to International Relations, page229:
      In thewild west of the Internet, states have been reluctant to work together for this common purpose. One example of closer state coordination came in 2011 at the London Conference on Cyberspace[]
    • 2018 November 16, Taylor Lorenz, “How Hackers Are Stealing High-Profile Instagram Accounts”, inThe Atlantic[1], retrieved2023-05-29:
      In theWild West of “influencer” marketing, there are few protections and plenty of easy marks.

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western United States during the 19th-century era of settlement
place or situation in which disorderly behaviour prevails

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