extrajudicial
adjective/ˌekstrədʒuˈdɪʃl/
/ˌekstrədʒuˈdɪʃl/
- happening outside the normal power of the law
- The killing was feared to be an extrajudicial execution carried out by the security forces.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryExtrajudicial is used with these nouns:- execution
- killing
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