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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

Yes, Duke of Hereward, your son stands before you, strong, healthy, beautiful, perfect as ever wife bore to her husband; yet denied, delegalized, and defrauded by you, his father!

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

He was disowned, disinherited, delegalized, deprived even of a name in this world.

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

He talks of "delegalizing" society so that people can resolve conflicts without lawyers—as in no-fault auto insurance systems.

From Time Magazine Archive

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