to decriminalize
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7.2
- verb
- /diːˈkrɪmɪnəˌlaɪz/
:
despenalizar
- Consideration should also be given to decriminalizing price maintenance.
- decriminalize homosexuality
- decriminalize marijuana
She wanted to decriminalize the border, but now says she doesn't.
- She wanted to decriminalize the border, but now says she doesn't.
- Because if you decriminalize prostitution, it will help restrain HIV.
- Allen, did you or did you not decriminalize public urination in Washington DC?
- Nowadays, it's either legal or tolerated or decriminalized in many places, not all.
- Yeah, of course, America have decriminalised cannabis in certain states at the moment because the data is very raw and pretty new.
- Basically they have decided that that that they they've decriminalized certain acts.
- The problem is started to actually, for instance, during my government, we decriminalize the personal consumption of drugs.
- This is I'm talking at least days when when I only took them in Seattle after after everything was decriminalized.
Examples
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I think that a lot of the northeastern states have now decriminalized marijuana.
Blog text (12) -
In July of that year, the government issued the Improved Economic Management Measures, which decriminalized many market activities.
Academic text (2008) -
Imagine you are a state police officer in a state that has decriminalized marijuana possession.
Academic text (2018) -
Some courts have applied this approach when states have decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana.
Academic text (2018) -
When marijuana is decriminalized, that stigma will also fall away.
Academic text (2017) -
I'm confident that if this bill becomes law, we will begin to decriminalize mental illness, we can apply a population health model to these individuals with these illnesses, rather than a criminal justice model.
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Regardless of public opinion, however, marijuana is a controlled substance, and recreational use, although decriminalized in some states, is still illegal.
Academic text (2004) -
Like Massachusetts, Rhode Island had recently decriminalized the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana.
Academic text (2018) -
Lawrence v. Texas decriminalized sodomy, thereby protecting same-sex sex acts in the private sphere.
Academic text (2011) -
In 2018, several countries began to decriminalize the use of small amounts of cannabis for personal use.
Synonyms
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3.7
Make something allowed by law
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5.8
To make something legal or officially accepted
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6.3
To make laws or rules less strict to allow more freedom
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5.6
To make something legal or accepted by law
Make something legal by official approval
Antonyms
How Legal
- US
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7.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
decriminalize = criminalize (transparent) = de + criminal + ize
This is a standard reversative use of 'de-' on 'criminalize', meaning to remove criminal status or criminal penalties.
Etymology
Decriminalize comes from the parts de- and criminal; de- means 'remove', as in defrost, and criminal comes from 'crime'. So to decriminalize something is to take away its criminal label and stop treating it as 'illegal'.