semi-legal

A Hungarian authority explains that where a legal and judicial system are lacking, it is not surprising that businessmen, some law-abiding and others not, try to defend themselves and find other non-legal or semi-legal ways to defend their interests, without legal support from the state.

The Law of the Mafia Jungle Jillian Kay Melchior 2011

The locals are, in general, all about a semi-legal animal fight.

Life In The Big City – Gather Information « Geek Related 2009

And then there are the schools that get semi-legal and threatening before allowing a kid dressed up as a ghost to walk through the doors: They set down a ton of rules and require parents and students to sign costume contracts.

A real Halloween fright: Costume contracts Valerie Strauss 2010

You can sympathize for the former, but the latter two—judging from the amount of tickets available in past years through semi-legal channels—are likely to simply sell their tickets anyway.

The Real Lightning Rod in Madrid Gabriele Marcotti 2011

Google around if you're in the states - there are many safe, semi-legal ways to order this.

The New Yorker on the underground world of “neuroenhancing” drugs. - Boing Boing 2009

One right wing semi-legal blog that has always frustrated me by not allowing comments — and I think not mentioned so far: powerline.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Comparing Left and Right Blogospheres 2010

Drugs like marijuana are know easier to get from semi-legal sources in states like Massachusetts and the failure of the drug war is recognized by everyone (except politicians), meaning politicians have relatively fewer incentives compared to previous generations of politicians to be “hard on drugs,” as more people realize how such policies will likely make the problem worse.

Matthew Yglesias » By Request: Crime and Recession 2009

Finding semi-legal auspices under state and federal law to accomplish your fantasy of a private army to intimidate, suppress and control, does not fool anyone.

Oklahoma to Sponsor Tea Party Militia? 2010

Experts point to a network of semi-legal mosques dominated by Salafi (fundamentalist) preachers and the fact that Ras al-Khaimah was home to Marwan al-Shehhi, the al-Qaida operative who piloted the second hijacked plane to hit New York's twin towers in the September 11 attacks.

Ras al-Khaimah's links to al-Qaida, not Iran, is the real issue 2010

Avoid lecturing in discos; the audience is usually not in the mood but if you can stand it, the managements are all semi-legal and you always get paid in cash.

This is Also Good Advice for Authors : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2010