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defelonize en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + felon + -ize, apparently on the model of decriminalize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To reduce the status of (a crime) such that it is no longer a felony.
    • His solution, however, was not to reform sentencing laws or decriminalize or defelonize nonviolent crimes, […] 2011, Elana Zilberg, Space of Detention, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 248:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
defelonizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
defelonizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
defelonized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
defelonized Tense=Past lexicographic