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But some of the current raids seem to lack proper protocol and may be extralegal.
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
The resulting narrative portrayed the workers as respectable, sober, disciplined homeowners and family men, while the Pinkertons became an external, extralegal threat.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 15 June 2025
During the Jim Crow era, Southern states operated as single-party authoritarian regimes, permitting or even encouraging extralegal violence like lynching, while participating in democracy at the federal level.
—Amanda Taub, New York Times, 3 May 2025
This is especially true when the President seems willing to engage in extralegal tactics, such as selective audits, retributive regulation, and harassment campaigns carried out in the parts of the media that are already loyal to him.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
The resulting narrative portrayed the workers as respectable, sober, disciplined homeowners and family men, while the Pinkertons became an external, extralegal threat.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 15 June 2025
During the Jim Crow era, Southern states operated as single-party authoritarian regimes, permitting or even encouraging extralegal violence like lynching, while participating in democracy at the federal level.
—Amanda Taub, New York Times, 3 May 2025
This is especially true when the President seems willing to engage in extralegal tactics, such as selective audits, retributive regulation, and harassment campaigns carried out in the parts of the media that are already loyal to him.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Extralegal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extralegal. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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extralegal
adjective
ex·tra·le·gal
ˌek-strə-ˈlē-gəl 
: not regulated or sanctioned by law
extralegally
adverb
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