It is also used to describe a lawless place far from the authorities.

There were a few lawless places where even the constables would not walk at night.

"The new violence certainly doesn't do anything to combat the lingering image of Kentucky as a lawless place."

In the 16th century this area, close to the Scottish border, was a lawless and troubled place.

According to some sources, in the early 19th century the village was thought to be one of the most lawless places in the country.

He was also brought up in Kaliningrad - that's a famously lawless place isn't it?

The town where Stalin grew up was a violent and lawless place.

It's just a lawless place for delinquents to fight and they're divided into gangs.

During the tunnel construction in 1868-1869, Wahsatch was known as a wild and lawless place.

But for all its license, Oblivion wasn't a lawless place.