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Word entry · 8 letters

legalize

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"Make lawful"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈliːɡəlaɪz/Part of speech verbSorted aeegillzStarts with LEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (LEGALIZE).

Definitions

  1. To make something allowed by law.

Word origin

From legal + -ize. Piecewise doublet of loyalize.

Used in a sentence

  • There is a debate whether or not to legalize some of the softer drugs.
  • This is true despite the fact that in 1986, the federal government legalized the cashability of RRSP annuities.
  • Legislative reform campaigns aimed at restricting foreign immigration, mandating state institutionalization of the biologically unfit, and legalizing eugenical involuntary sterilization.

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