extralegal

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See also: extralégal

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

extra- +‎ legal

Adjective[edit]

extralegal (not comparable)

  1. Occurring outside the law; not governed by law; lawless.
    • 2030 October 7, Leslie Feinberg, “Can a homosexual be a member of the Communist Party?”, in Workers World[1]:
      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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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɛkstʁaleˈɡaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

extralegal (strong nominative masculine singular extralegaler, not comparable)

  1. extralegal

Declension[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French extralégal.

Adjective[edit]

extralegal m or n (feminine singular extralegală, masculine plural extralegali, feminine and neuter plural extralegale)

  1. extralegal

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Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /eɡstɾaleˈɡal/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ɾa.leˈɣ̞al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ex‧tra‧le‧gal

Adjective[edit]

extralegal m or f (masculine and feminine plural extralegales)

  1. extralegal