Definition of "decriminalised" [decriminalised]

• Simple past tense and past participle of decriminalise. (verb)

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• "If offenders were not caught and effectively sentenced, crime was "decriminalised"."
• "Briefing the media on Tuesday following the PAC's provincial congress at the end of last month, Cassiem said more criminals were being created, because crime was being "decriminalised" and politics "criminalised"."
• "Parking regulations in central Edinburgh were "decriminalised" in 1998, with infringements turned into civil offences and the rules enforced not by police wardens, but by parking attendants."