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Verb: decriminalise  dee'kree-mi-nu,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: decriminalize)
  1. Make legal
    "Marijuana should be decriminalised";
    - legalize, legalise [Brit], decriminalize, legitimize, legitimise [Brit], legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise [Brit]

Derived forms: decriminalises, decriminalising, decriminalised

Type of: allow, countenance, let, permit

Encyclopedia: Decriminalise