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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
legalise .
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Examples
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Perhaps they know only too well that their party, which has done a good line in legalised thieving for the best part of the last century (it's called 'Socialism', by the way), remains peopled with those who cannot resist helping themselves to other people's money and so are trying to minimise the pain for the next batch of Labour MPs found out in larceny.
Archive 2009-06-21 2009
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Perhaps they know only too well that their party, which has done a good line in legalised thieving for the best part of the last century (it's called 'Socialism', by the way), remains peopled with those who cannot resist helping themselves to other people's money and so are trying to minimise the pain for the next batch of Labour MPs found out in larceny.
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And, while California's two main gubernatorial candidates, Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman, as well as the US Senate candidates, the contenders for the state attorney general's office, and other senior elected figures came out against the notion of legalised marijuana via the initiative process, the advertising campaign for the "no" camp was half-hearted at best.
The Guardian World News Sasha Abramsky 2010
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Commercial agreements, if they are to be binding in two countries, say Germany and England, have to be "legalised," and this must be done at the Embassy, not at the Consulate.
The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892
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People involved in the sector declared that most illegal timber is "legalised" at some stage in the supply chain.
Rainforest Portal RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Stabroeck News: none 2010
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People involved in the sector declared that most illegal timber is "legalised" at some stage in the supply chain.
EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Stabroeck News: none 2010
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People involved in the sector declared that most illegal timber is "legalised" at some stage in the supply chain.
Global Warming RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Stabroeck News: none 2010
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Megan Fox says she would be the first person to buy 'legalised' weed
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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People involved in the sector declared that most illegal timber is "legalised" at some stage in the supply chain.
Global Warming RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Stabroeck News: none 2010
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People involved in the sector declared that most illegal timber is "legalised" at some stage in the supply chain.
Global Warming RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Stabroeck News: none 2010
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