Dictionary

extralegal en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *lḗǵs? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *lḗgʰs? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lex Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin lēgālislbor. English legal English extralegal From extra- + legal.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) 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. 2030 October 7, Leslie Feinberg, “Can a homosexual be a member of the Communist Party?”, in Workers World:

Forms

Antonyms

intralegal

Coordinates

extrajuridical

Deriveds

extralegally

Translations (7)

cmn 法外 (occurring outside the law) · el έκνομος (occurring outside the law) · fr extralégal (occurring outside the law) · de rechtsfrei (occurring outside the law) · fi laiton (occurring outside the law) · de extralegal (occurring outside the law) · es extralegal (occurring outside the law)