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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
decriminalise .
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Examples
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Briefing the media on Tuesday following the PAC's provincial congress at the end of last month, Cassiem said more criminals were being created, because crime was being "decriminalised" and politics "criminalised".
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If offenders were not caught and effectively sentenced, crime was "decriminalised".
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Parking regulations in central Edinburgh were "decriminalised" in 1998, with infringements turned into civil offences and the rules enforced not by police wardens, but by parking attendants.
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By the way, Canada has essentially decriminalised marijuana.
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Dame Judi Dench, Sting and Sir Richard Branson are among those who have signed an open letter to David Cameron urging that possession of drugs be decriminalised.
Decriminalise possession of drugs, celebrities urge government 2011
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In 1976, the Netherlands decriminalised possession of soft drugs such as cannabis.
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Various things have been decriminalised since the 1950s.
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In 1976, the Netherlands decriminalised possession of soft drugs such as cannabis.
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Politicians don't want to say it, but if prostitution were decriminalised and brothels were safe places for sex workers and their clients, society would benefit.
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In the few countries in the world where they have decriminalised the taking of drugs, Portugal being the best example, the amount of heroin addicts has dropped by half.
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