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illegalize

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10 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈliːɡəlʌɪz/Part of speech verbSorted aeegiilllzStarts with IEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. declare illegal; outlaw

Word origin

From illegal + -ize or il- + legalize.

Used in a sentence

  • Only as recently as 1991 was the rape by a husband of his wife illegalised.
  • A 1908 Act illegalised the teagle, a particularly nasty snare of baited hooks joined by strings which was put out to attract birds during hard weather.
  • Although slavery had been illegalized by 1870, fundamental prejudice could not be legislated away.

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