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Starting in 2001, the U.S. began making new use of its military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba—which at that point had been in Washington's possession for over a century—as an extralegal prison notorious for torture and indefinite detention without charge.
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Azadeh Shahshahani, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Trump then gave him an Administration role with seemingly extralegal power to reorder federal agencies; all the while, Musk’s businesses Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink were profiting from government contracts or subsidies.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
All of this content spoke to a desire to revive a vengeful spirit, or extralegal justice, that characterized the online discourse around Mangione.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
But some of the current raids seem to lack proper protocol and may be extralegal.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
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Azadeh Shahshahani, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Trump then gave him an Administration role with seemingly extralegal power to reorder federal agencies; all the while, Musk’s businesses Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink were profiting from government contracts or subsidies.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
All of this content spoke to a desire to revive a vengeful spirit, or extralegal justice, that characterized the online discourse around Mangione.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
But some of the current raids seem to lack proper protocol and may be extralegal.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
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“Extralegal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extralegal. Accessed 18 Sep. 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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