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Extraterritorial

//ˌɛk.stɹəˌtɛ.ɹɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a section of territory: not subject to the laws of the local country. not-comparable

    "Panikkar’s study was primarily aimed at providing a survey of Western imperialism in Asia from CE 1498 to 1945. Christian missions came into the picture simply because he found them arrayed always and everywhere alongside Western gunboats, diplomatic pressures, extraterritorial rights and plain gangsterism."

Adjective
  1. 1
    outside territorial limits or jurisdiction wordnet

Etymology

From extra- + territorial.

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