Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not permitted by law.
- adjective Outside of the scope of law.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Being beyond or outside of the domain of law: sometimes used in the sense of
illegal .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective occurring outside the
law ; notgoverned by law; lawless
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not regulated or sanctioned by law
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Examples
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Print US urges China to stop lawyer and activist abductions The United States government has called on China to stop what it calls the "extralegal" abductions and detentions of lawyers and human rights activists.
BBC News - Home 2011
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WASHINGTON Reuters - The United States has urged China to stop what it called the "extralegal" detention and abduction of leading lawyers and human rights activists, the State Department said Tuesday.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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To think otherwise is to propose that people are engaging in extralegal economic activity solely for grins and giggles.
Over-worked or Over-taxed?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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People are not engaging in extralegal activity for any reason but to improve their lot in life; whether that be a second car or an air conditioner for their Paris apartment.
Over-worked or Over-taxed?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I’ve got a post up at TechDirt, where I’ll henceforth be contributing occasionally, about John Ashcroft’s recent op-ed defending telecom immunity for cooperation in extralegal wiretaps.
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Nor was there anything "extralegal" about the CIA interrogations.
America's Most Wanted Michael B. Mukasey 2011
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That's the kind of extralegal crap that America was designed to prevent.
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Our country is headed to becoming a police state, and this kind of extralegal atrocity is a major step in that direction.
Think Progress » Malkin On Detainee Suicides: ‘Boo-Freakin-Hoo’ 2006
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The poor, not being stupid, of course end up building, holding, buying and selling their domains in an "extralegal" market - a domain outside the official law.
OmniNerd davidcgore 2010
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While admitting the break-ins were "extralegal", he justified it as protecting the "greater good".
YeOldeWorde commented on the word extralegal
There's a slight difference between illegal and extralegal, in my opinion. Extralegal usually implies something done outside the boundaries of the law, but somehow justified by common sense on account of said law being ill-conceived, partisan, bigoted, invidious or just plain absurd. For example someone shouting "Kim Jong-Il SUCKED!" in North Korea is doing something extralegal in Western eyes and illegal in North Korean eyes.
March 20, 2012