单词 | decriminalize |
释义 | decriminalizev. 1. transitive. To reform (an offender or one with criminal tendencies) through psychiatric treatment. (In quot. 1963 as vbl. n.) rare. ΘΚΠ 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 raisec1175 chastya1240 amenda1275 chastisec1330 reara1382 revokec1384 redressc1390 reclaima1393 reducec1425 reform1477 reclaim?a1505 emendc1542 claim1546 reduct1548 save1857 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.) ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [verb (transitive)] > legalize leala1375 legitimate1596 civilize1643 legitimize1646 justify1651 legalize1652 legitimatize1693 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). < v.1963 |
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