The phrase "anarchy prevails" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there is a lack of order or control, often in a political or social context.
Example: "In the absence of a strong government, anarchy prevails, leading to chaos and uncertainty in the streets."
Alternatives: "chaos reigns" or "lawlessness dominates".
The Romans eventually intervened to restore Seleucid sovereignty, but, when anarchy prevailed, they imposed peace and assumed direct rule in 64 bce.
Borchgrevink was evidently no autocrat but, Bernacchi said, without the framework of an accepted hierarchy a state of "democratic anarchy" prevailed, with "dirt, disorder and inactivity the order of the day".
But almost anything would be better than the Taliban or the anarchy that prevailed after the last Soviet-installed dictator was ousted in 1992.
The state of anarchy that prevailed in Germany during this period proved advantageous to Otakar, who was granted Austria and Steiermark in fief from Richard, earl of Cornwall, the titular German king.
The Paris-based press freedom watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, said: "While the current famine has put Somalia at the centre of the world's attention, this incident serves as reminder that the crisis is not just about food or humanitarian needs but also about the war and the anarchy that have prevailed there for the past 20 years.
Because the exception is different from anarchy and chaos, order in the juristic sense still prevails even if it is not of the ordinary kind' (Schmitt 1922/1934, p. 12).
"Anarchy on the campus prevailed," he says, pointing to evidence of bullying.
The biggest danger facing Israel, he said, was that anarchy would begin to prevail, with uncontrolled militias and criminal gangs causing such a state of unrest that elements from Al Qaeda could exploit the situation and make their way to Gaza and the West Bank.
Macedonia was well enough defined in 1897 for Gladstone to propose "Macedonia for the Macedonians"; philhellenes argued that the phrase could not be used by a man of impartiallity, while Turcophiles asserted that there are six different kinds of Macedonians, and only Turkish rule could prevail total anarchy in the region.
