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delegalize

American  
[dee-lee-guh-lahyz] / diˈli gəˌlaɪz /
especially British, delegalise

verb (used with object)

delegalized, delegalizing

  1. to revoke the statutory authorization of.

Etymology

Origin of delegalize

de- + legalize

Example Sentences

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The Warsaw city hall has made numerous attempts in the past to delegalize the event, but the Independence March association, the organizer, has successfully challenged court decisions.

From Reuters • Nov. 11, 2022

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

From The Lost Lady of Lone by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

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