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- verb rare Present participle of
decriminalize . To change the laws so something is no longer acrime .
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Examples
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Yanukovych had floated the idea of decriminalizing certain economic crimes, but the text of his bill posted on parliament's website Wednesday contained no mention of Tymoshenko's charge.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Synthetic Opium derivatives have been legal forever as medicinal -- but even on progressive sites, to most, the idea of decriminalizing natural opiates is absurd???
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Synthetic Opium derivatives have been legal forever as medicinal -- but even on progressive sites, to most, the idea of decriminalizing natural opiates is absurd???
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Synthetic Opium derivatives have been legal forever as medicinal -- but even on progressive sites, to most, the idea of decriminalizing natural opiates is absurd???
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Synthetic Opium derivatives have been legal forever as medicinal -- but even on progressive sites, to most, the idea of decriminalizing natural opiates is absurd???
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Synthetic Opium derivatives have been legal forever as medicinal -- but even on progressive sites, to most, the idea of decriminalizing natural opiates is absurd???
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Synthetic Opium derivatives have been legal forever as medicinal -- but even on progressive sites, to most, the idea of decriminalizing natural opiates is absurd???
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Synthetic Opium derivatives have been legal forever as medicinal -- but even on progressive sites, to most, the idea of decriminalizing natural opiates is absurd???
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Synthetic Opium derivatives have been legal forever as medicinal -- but even on progressive sites, to most, the idea of decriminalizing natural opiates is absurd???
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Of course once Obama was in office one of the first things he did was ridicule in a press conference the idea of decriminalizing marijuana.
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