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legalize

verb
/ˈliːɡəlaɪz/

Etymology

From legal + -ize. Piecewise doublet of loyalize.

  1. learned borrowing from lēgālis
  2. formed as legalize — “legal + -ize”

Definitions

  1. To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been…

    To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.

    • There is a debate whether or not to legalize some of the softer drugs.
    • This is true despite the fact that in 1986, the federal government legalized the cashability of RRSP annuities.
    • Legislative reform campaigns aimed at restricting foreign immigration, mandating state institutionalization of the biologically unfit, and legalizing eugenical involuntary sterilization.

The neighborhood

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