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- verb Present participle of
illegalize .
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Examples
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Uganda, Kenya, Somalia and several other African Nations have laws illegalizing homosexuality.
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Because the scandal was blown open before the introduction a new federal law illegalizing doping practices, Saiz nor anyone else connected to Puerto have yet faced legal proceedings in Spain.
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By illegalizing the inflow of cowries, the Yuan state tried to regulate and control the cowry money system, eventually aiming to abolish it.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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This is a revolutionary leap in pro-life thought, a dramatic break from the 36-year-long drumbeat by the right-wing anti-abortion movement; that segment has single-mindedly focused on restricting and illegalizing abortion.
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Well, we could start by illegalizing all political campaign contributions, and finance the campaigns from our treasury.
OpEdNews - Diary: Letter to My Norwegian Cousin Re the Truth of Today's America 2009
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Because to appease the religious vote illegalizing abortion is more important than lowering the deficit.
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If you agree with illegalizing flag burning and abortion then that would argue for the Republicans.
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Buying a firearm on the black market, that should be illegal, but illegalizing all weaponry should not.
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In no way shape or form will illegalizing abortion make it go away any more than illegalizing drugs have made them go away.
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So go ahead, run a bunch of firebreathing, social-security-privatizing, stem cell illegalizing wingnuts next time, please.
Hullabaloo 2006
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