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Legalise

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legitimiseverbNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of legitimize. [(transitive) To make legitimate.]
regulariseverbNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of regularize. [To make regular.]
regularizeverbTo make regular.
regulateverbTo control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
legitimizeverb(transitive) To make legitimate.
authenticateverb(transitive) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.
legalizeverbTo make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.
decriminalizeverb(transitive) To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.
legalisationnoun(British spelling) Alternative spelling of legalization. [The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization.]
legalisedverb
legalizingverbTo make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.
criminaliseverbNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalize. [(transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.]
legalizedverbTo make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.
legalizesverbTo make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.
liberaliseverbNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of liberalize. [(transitive) to make liberal, free.]
legalizationnounThe process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization.
criminalizeverb(transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
decriminalisationnounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of decriminalization. [The act of making an activity or substance no longer criminalized (no longer a crime, subject to criminal penalties, to perform or possess). (Compare legalization, which often implies regulation.)]
outlawingnounA fugitive from the law.
criminalisationnounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalization. [The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.]

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