legalize
verb (used with object), le·gal·ized, le·gal·iz·ing.
Origin of legalize
Related Words for legalize
authorize, decriminalize, codify, constitute, permit, regulate, approve, enact, legitimatize, legislate, decree, license, formulate, ordain, launder, legitimate, sanctionExamples from the Web for legalize
Contemporary Examples of legalize
The first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, Denmark still waves its banner high.
The Ultimate LGBT Travel Bucket ListDecember 12, 2014
The residents of Arkansas decide Tuesday whether to legalize the sale of an intoxicating substance statewide.
Despite the obvious appeal, the odds are long that Arkansas will legalize alcohol statewide in 2014.
If the president takes unilateral action to legalize millions of people, King said, “it will create a constitutional crisis.”
To paraphrase Peter Tosh, if Illinois were to legalize it, would you advertise it?
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October 19, 2014
Historical Examples of legalize
Suppose, for instance, England should legalize slaving, again.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
A final effort to legalize slavery in Nova Scotia was made in 1808.
Suppose we were to legalize these contracts and permit the establishment of monopolies.
Monopolies and the PeopleCharles Whiting Baker
If the Legislature had the right to legalize it, they had the right to reject it.
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16)Thomas Hart Benton
But by what steps should he proceed, to legalize the course he proposed?