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Wagner Moura brings taut control and thoughtful dynamism to the role of a scientist driven into hiding by legal and extralegal threats.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
Dodik, the Republika Srpska’s de facto leader, responded by organizing an extralegal referendum whose result asserted that the Republika Srpska population wanted the date retained.
—Adis Maksić, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
Sectarianism also remains embedded in the political system, if not in the voter base, while a coterie of Shia armed groups retain extralegal power.
—Natasha Bracken, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Companies in Russia must comply with legal and extralegal demands from agencies such as the Federal Security Service, or FSB, which has broad authority.
—Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
Dodik, the Republika Srpska’s de facto leader, responded by organizing an extralegal referendum whose result asserted that the Republika Srpska population wanted the date retained.
—Adis Maksić, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
Sectarianism also remains embedded in the political system, if not in the voter base, while a coterie of Shia armed groups retain extralegal power.
—Natasha Bracken, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Companies in Russia must comply with legal and extralegal demands from agencies such as the Federal Security Service, or FSB, which has broad authority.
—Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Extralegal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extralegal. Accessed 11 Dec. 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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