extralegal

adj

Etymology

From extra- + legal.

  1. learned borrowing from lēgālis
  2. prefixed as extralegal — “extra + legal

Definitions

  1. Occurring outside the law

    Occurring outside the law; not governed by law; lawless.

    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA