Meaning & use
extralegal
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Outside the authority or scope of the law; not regulated by legal statutes.
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The vigilante group operated through extralegal means, bypassing the courts entirely.
Critics argued the policy relied on extralegal detention without formal charges.
A note on using this word
Extralegal doesn't necessarily mean illegal; it describes actions that fall outside the formal legal system rather than actions that break the law.
Words with a similar meaning
unofficialextrajudicial
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Words with an opposite meaning
lawfullegal
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