extralegal
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8.4
- adjective
- /ˌɛkstrəˈliɡəl/
- Formal
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extralegal
- While students have a sense that much of their use of copyrighted materials is extralegal, they tend to have an oversimplified understanding of the law and their rights.
- extralegal sanctions
- extralegal violence
- extralegal factors
Examples
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Two hours later, subject successfully acquired product by extralegal means and was confronted by security personnel.
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For less than a year, the land existed as an extralegal colony.
Blog text (16) -
Party leaders tend to balance the costs of a prolonged crisis that is handled legally against those of extralegal measures.
Academic text (1992) -
Others have also emphasized that certain promises thrive in extralegal social contexts.
Academic text (2018) -
Where corruption and extralegal economies prevail, would people select changes that might actually affect the system?
Academic text (2005) -
Before exploring her conjecture further, one must first clarify more generally the relationship between legal and extralegal sanctions.
Academic text (2001) -
The more powerful the agency, the more powerful the group, the more powerful the cartel, the more they will resort not only to legal means, but to extralegal means to suppress their competition.
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Slow progress in developing the town led to extralegal squatter invasions on all sides of the planned city (Fig. 6).
Academic text (1992) -
The government took extralegal actions to suppress the protests against its policies.
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In regions without effective law enforcement, extralegal activities often flourish.
Synonyms
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8.8
Happens outside the legal system without court approval
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9.9
Beyond the legal power of a person or organization to act
Not controlled or decided by law
Not made into law and so not legally enforced
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Extralegal is made from extra- ('outside') and legal ('law'). So it means 'outside the law' and describes actions that are not approved or controlled by the legal system.