misdemeanorize en · VERB
Etymology
From misdemeanor + -ize.
Meanings
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(rare, transitive) To reclassify (an offense) as a misdemeanor.
to constrain those who don't comply, how else could that new situation be described other than as having “criminalized” non-attendance? Misdemeanorized?
2011, What's All The Fuss About, Military Home Schooling:... Control Act were Federal penalties for marijuana possession reduced and steps taken to de-excalate and misdemeanorize the more serious criminal status of marijuana possession and sale.
1974, Addictive Diseases - Volume 1, page 327:Brown got further with the new jail than any of his predecessors because he could preach the touchy-feely gospel of anti-recidivism better than they could. But with jail booking rates for drug-related offenses plummeting by 50 percent in response to Prop. 47, which misdemeanor-ized many crimes previously charged as felonies, even God-fearing right-wingers from North County have adopted a sternly skeptical “verify but trust” attitude with Brown, rather than the other way around.
2015, When Good Dogs Do Bad Things, Santa Barbara Independent:2012 Stand-your-ground the rule in state, courts affirm Calguns Probably no more than when a charge gets misdemeanorized or changed at a prelim. hearing, then goes on to trial.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misdemeanorized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misdemeanorized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| misdemeanorizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| misdemeanorizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
misdemeanant · misdemeanorization · outlaw · criminalize · felonize