Definition of "decriminalizes" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decriminalize. (verb)

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• "The new law, adopted as written on the fall ballot, "decriminalizes" possession of less than an ounce of marijuana."
• "On Wednesday, my friend Alderman Danny Solis will introduce an ordinance that decriminalizes marijuana possession..."
• "Still, the erstwhile Terminator, who signed a law that somewhat decriminalizes smoking marijuana, conceded that Proposition 19 & mdash; which would've legalized the drug & mdash; "went too far.""