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decriminalize
[ dee-krim-uh-nl-ahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to eliminate criminal penalties for or remove legal restrictions against:
to decriminalize marijuana.
decriminalize
/ 徱ːˈɪəəˌɪ /
verb
- tr to remove (an action) from the legal category of criminal offence
to decriminalize the possession of marijuana
Derived Forms
- ˌԲˈپDz, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·i·Բ··tDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of decriminalize1
Example Sentences
Many cities have decriminalized psychedelics while Oregon, Colorado and, as of this month, New Mexico are beginning to roll out the country’s first pathways for patients to access them.
Although it’s unclear how each country will implement the UN mandates handed down, the ruling is a step forward for a growing reproductive rights movement working to decriminalize abortion in Latin America.
In Wisconsin, it’s decriminalized in the Democratic strongholds of Milwaukee and Madison.
On immigration: Didn’t she take office seeking to decriminalize illegal border crossings and didn’t she and Biden wait too long to deal with the border problem?
Yet as more and more states vote to decriminalize cannabis while medical access has expanded to 38 states, other data suggests pregnant people are increasingly being prosecuted for using the drug in pregnancy.
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