delegalize

[ dee-lee-guh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object),de·le·gal·ized, de·le·gal·iz·ing.
  1. to revoke the statutory authorization of.

Origin of delegalize

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  • Also especially British, de·le·gal·ise .

Words Nearby delegalize

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How to use delegalize in a sentence

  • It was an infamous, a fraudulent subterfuge to divorce my poor mother, and so delegalize me a few months before my birth.

    The Lost Lady of Lone | E.D.E.N. Southworth