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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of legitimise.

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Examples

  • There is a difference (although not legally) but, unfortunately, Banksy's work 'legitimises' the tagging morons - you only need to see the mess that Leake Street became after Banksy's occupations (sorry, festivals of street art) to see that the taggers think they are part of the same culture.

    London SE1 community website 2010

  • There is a difference (although not legally) but, unfortunately, Banksy's work 'legitimises' the tagging morons - you only need to see the mess that Leake Street became after Banksy's occupations (sorry, festivals of street art) to see that the taggers think they are part of the same culture.

    London SE1 community website 2010

  • There is a difference (although not legally) but, unfortunately, Banksy's work 'legitimises' the tagging morons - you only need to see the mess that Leake Street became after Banksy's occupations (sorry, festivals of street art) to see that the taggers think they are part of the same culture.

    London SE1 community website 2010

  • There is a difference (although not legally) but, unfortunately, Banksy's work 'legitimises' the tagging morons - you only need to see the mess that Leake Street became after Banksy's occupations (sorry, festivals of street art) to see that the taggers think they are part of the same culture.

    London SE1 community website 2010

  • There is a difference (although not legally) but, unfortunately, Banksy's work 'legitimises' the tagging morons - you only need to see the mess that Leake Street became after Banksy's occupations (sorry, festivals of street art) to see that the taggers think they are part of the same culture.

    London SE1 community website 2010

  • Wrinkled Weasel on how the BBC 'legitimises' truth.

    Iain Dale's Diary 2009

  • His use of this extremely derogatory word legitimises it and that is utterly unacceptable. "

    unknown title 2009

  • His use of this extremely derogatory word legitimises it and that is utterly unacceptable. "

    unknown title 2009

  • You could define what legitimises such a claim in all sorts of interesting ways, if you want to.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • You could define what legitimises such a claim in all sorts of interesting ways, if you want to.

    Creative Control - Part 2 Hal Duncan 2009

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