decriminalize
Example Sentences
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A decade later, the Edict of Milan decriminalized Christianity in the empire.
The ban was met with an outcry and a lawsuit from vendors who argued street vending had been decriminalized and the city could no longer outlaw the stands.
From Los Angeles Times
Elsewhere in Latin America, courts in Colombia and Ecuador have decriminalized euthanasia without passing laws to legalize the practice, while Cuba allows for terminal patients to refuse being kept alive artificially.
From Barron's
Four years after California decriminalized sidewalk vending, the passage of SB 972 was a watershed moment for the mobile food economy.
From Los Angeles Times
Homosexual acts between adult men were decriminalized in New South Wales in 1984, making it the fifth state to do so.
From Seattle Times
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