Reference meaning
law of the jungle
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A putative law dictating that one serves one's own interest to the extent that one can, in any situation where legal authority is absent or generally ignored; self-interested behaviour that emerges in the absence of law; lawlessness.
Other meanings
2. noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see law, jungle.
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