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单词 decriminalize
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decriminalizev.

Etymology: Back-formation < decriminalization n.
1. transitive. To reform (an offender or one with criminal tendencies) through psychiatric treatment. (In quot. 1963 as vbl. n.) rare.
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the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > treat psychiatrically [verb (transitive)] > reform through psychiatric treatment
decriminalize1963
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform, amend, or correct [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person
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decriminalize1963
1963 Punch 26 June 915/3 The Mentor carries news of..‘decriminalizing’ through psychiatry.
2. To reclassify (an activity) so that it is no longer considered criminal in law; spec. to legalize (a narcotic drug, its possession, or use). (Rarely, with person as object.)
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society > law > rule of law > [verb (transitive)] > legalize
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decriminalize1972
1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 15 Apr. 21/3 The recommended removal of all penalties for the private possession of marihuana would do much to decriminalize a large number of those involved with this drug.
1972 N.Y. Times Mag. 2 July 8 Glasser would decriminalize heroin and make it available in pharmacies for addicts.
1973 Nature 30 Mar. 292/1 Restating his opposition to decriminalizing the use of marihuana.
1975 Listener 18 Dec. 822/3 Homosexuality was decriminalised, and homosexuals came to be treated with unprecedented tolerance.
1977 Rolling Stone 5 May 30/3 The likely trend of decriminalized prostitution is already suggested by massage parlors.
1983 Daily Tel. 20 June 2/1 A programme of reform was urged which would ‘decriminalise’ certain offences.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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