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illegalize

verb
/ɪˈliːɡəlʌɪz/UK

Etymology

From illegal + -ize or il- + legalize.

  1. derived from legalis
  2. derived from illegalis
  3. borrowed from illégal
  4. suffixed as illegalize — “illegal + ize”

Definitions

  1. To make illegal

    To make illegal; to prohibit by law, to criminalize.

    • Only as recently as 1991 was the rape by a husband of his wife illegalised.
    • A 1908 Act illegalised the teagle, a particularly nasty snare of baited hooks joined by strings which was put out to attract birds during hard weather.
    • Although slavery had been illegalized by 1870, fundamental prejudice could not be legislated away.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA