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Definition of Decriminalize

1. Verb. Make legal. "Marijuana should be legalized"

Definition of Decriminalize

1. Verb. To change the laws so something is no longer a crime. Opposite of criminalize. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decriminalize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decriminalize

Literary usage of Decriminalize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Creating Enemies of the State: Religious Persecution in Uzbekistan by Acacia Shields (2004)
"In particular, • decriminalize proselytism. Revise article 5 of the 1998 ... decriminalize private religious instruction. Revise article of the 1998 law ..."

2. Marijuana Use in America: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary U. S (1996)
"... not saying, well, alcohol is bad there and marijuana is bad, but since we decriminalize one and not the other, let s decriminalize both of them? ..."

3. Youth & Drugs: Society's Mixed Messages edited by Hank Resnik (1994)
"This new attitude equating illicit drug use with alcohol use peaked in the national movement to decriminalize—or even to legalize—marijuana, the most widely ..."

4. Medical Marijuana Referenda Movement in America: Hearing Before the edited by Bill McCollum (2001)
"In 1972, an initiative was qualified for the California ballot to decriminalize marijuana. That initiative, proposition 19, was defeated by a margin of 2—1 ..."

5. Assisted Suicide edited by Michael Bilirakis (1998)
"... and significant moral and public policy issues raised as a result of the passage of the first legislation anywhere in the world to decriminalize physi- ..."

6. Are Military Adultery Standards Changing: Congressional Hearing edited by Sam Brownback (2000)
"DoD officials should decriminalize adultery and most other adult consenting sexual activities to the extent their powers permit and, where necessary, ..."

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