Extralegal

adj

adj ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Occurring outside the law; not governed by law; lawless. not-comparable

    "Extra-legal raids in Moscow and Leningrad in which 130 males were arrested in late summer 1933 were the harbinger of the recriminalization of male homosexuality later that year."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not regulated or sanctioned by law wordnet

Synonyms

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illegalnonlegal

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"Extra-legal raids in Moscow and Leningrad in which 130 males were arrested in late summer 1933 were the harbinger of the recriminalization of male homosexuality later that year."

Etymology

From extra- + legal.

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