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Definition of "legalise" []

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

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Use "legalise" in a sentence
  • ""You know, saying the word legalise, I think that happens to be one of those words that conveys a sense of meaning and until you talk to each other you don't realise that actually we don't mean the same thing at all," Mr Killorin says."
  • "Yoo and Bybee aren't responsible for the government committing the crimes that these two goons were hired to so-called legalise, for the Presidential administration, the Congress, the DoJ, ... always know very well that there was NO way to officially legalise these crimes without usurping (or hijacking) the U.S."
  • "The problem is how do you "legalise" something that is accepted as harmful?"