legalizing
present participle oflegalize
legalize
verb[T]
(UKusuallylegalise)uk/ˈliː.ɡəl.aɪz/us/ˈliː.ɡəl.aɪz/toallowsomething bylaw:
Same-sexmarriageshave been legalized in manystates.
Synonym
decriminalize
Opposites
criminalize
outlaw
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legitimizeformal
legitimateverb
UK politics: legislation & law-making
- abolish
- abrogate
- abrogation
- amend
- amendment
- assemblyman
- constitutional
- enforce
- gold plate
- Green Paper
- guillotine
- hard Brexitidiom
- jurisprudence
- presiding officer
- Prime Minister's Questions
- private member's bill
- prohibit
- prohibition
- sanction
- writ
Examplesoflegalizing
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The policy dimension varies from maintaining, or even reinforcing, a ban on euthanasia (right), tolegalizingeuthanasia completely (left).
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Legalizingeuthanasia for competent persons who find their suffering unbearable will affect attitudes and practices toward incompetent patients.
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A policylegalizingeuthanasia must consider more than individual tragedy, but whether the policy sustains tragic social conditions.
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In this common conviction is born an impetus for controlling the circumstances of our dying and for some, forlegalizingeuthanasia.
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The first answer is: nothing much, because the bill mainly focuses onlegalizingpresently accepted practices.
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In 1997, after government efforts to solicit public opinion and to educate the public about the procedure, a law was passedlegalizingorgan transplants from brain-dead bodies.
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The act oflegalizingdrug sales would surely not be enough to deprive criminal organizations of the profit of this traffic.
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Let us start by regulating andlegalizingall drugs, now.
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These includedlegalizingthe forward pass, perhaps the most significant rule change in the sport's history.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Legalizinggambling and placing certain special buildings (such as military bases or federal prisons) can generate income as well.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The whole problem oflegalizingthis offence seems to me to hinge upon the extent to which the disease is contagious.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some authors have used these arguments to proposelegalizinginsider trading on negative information (but not on positive information).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He supportedlegalizingopium to legitimize and better regulate the drug.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The national government issued a decreelegalizingthe agreement and creating an international armistice commission to ensure the well-being of returning southern refugees.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Wide comment in the media characterized the motion aslegalizingdrunk driving.
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