verb
make legal
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Marijuana should be legalized
• Syn:
↑legalize, ↑legalise, ↑decriminalize, ↑decriminalise, ↑legitimize, ↑legitimise, ↑legitimate, ↑legitimatize
• Ant: ↑criminalise (for: ↑decriminalise), ↑criminalize (for: ↑decriminalize), ↑outlaw (for: ↑legalise), ↑outlaw (for: ↑legalize)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑legitimation (for: ↑legitimate), ↑legitimacy (for: ↑legitimate), ↑legalisation (for: ↑legalise), ↑legalization (for: ↑legalize)
• Hypernyms: ↑permit, ↑allow, ↑let, ↑countenance
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.