Meanings
adjectiveextralegal (not comparable)
alternative extra-legal
- not comparableOccurring 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Also see
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
- Proto-Italic*eksteros
- Latinexter
- Latinextrā
- Englishextra-
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lḗǵs?
- Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lḗgʰs?
- Proto-Italic*lēks
- Latinlex
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinlēgāli
- Englishlegal
- Englishextralegal
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 法外
- 法外 (fǎwài)occurring outside the law
Finnish laiton
- laitonoccurring outside the law
French extralégal
- extralégaloccurring outside the law
German extralegal, rechtsfrei
- extralegaloccurring outside the law
- rechtsfreioccurring outside the law
Greek έκνομος
- έκνομος (éknomos)occurring outside the law
Spanish extralegal
- extralegaloccurring outside the law
Cite this entry
APA
extralegal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extralegal
MLA
“extralegal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extralegal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extralegal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extralegal.
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