Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make illegal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render illegal or unlawful. Also spelled
illegalise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make or declare illegal or unlawful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb nonstandard To make
illegal , to prohibit by law, tocriminalize something that had previously beenlegal .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
Etymologies
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Examples
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So this is what following your wish to illegalize abortions would lead to.
Early Word: Articles of Faith - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Belgium also recently embarked on the road to illegalize and stigmatize the burka and niqab with a vote in the Brussels federal parliament.
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Both sides take their political beliefs out into the public realm in the U.S.: pro-lifers want to illegalize abortion; pro-choicers want to keep abortion legal as mandated in Roe v.
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Belgium also recently embarked on the road to illegalize and stigmatize the burka and niqab with a vote in the Brussels federal parliament.
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The whole national LGBTIQ community now hopes that the same California State Supreme Court that legalized gay marriage in May 2008 will overturn Californians 'vote to illegalize it, six months later, in November's election, with Proposition 8.
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The Nazis came to power in a legitimate parliamentary process where they were invited into the cabinet by the CONSERVATIVES and then used the excuse of a ‘terrorist’ threat to revoke rights, illegalize the opposition, etc.
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And of course we can continue to protect children from abuse without continuing to illegalize what two consenting adults wish to do.
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Legalize Prostitution; illegalize Drug Companies Advertising on TV that is a crime worthy of prosecution.
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Then various other terrified countries will follow suit, and soon enough the various international lawsuits piling up will cause the U.S.A., primary client of Lasik no doubt, to illegalize Lasik as well.
More Bad News for the Lasik Business - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Then various other terrified countries will follow suit, and soon enough the various international lawsuits piling up will cause the U.S.A., primary client of Lasik no doubt, to illegalize Lasik as well.
More Bad News for the Lasik Business - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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