Defelonize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Defelonize is a verb meaning (transitive) To reduce the status of (a crime) such that it is no longer a felony.
Meaning
(transitive) To reduce the status of (a crime) such that it is no longer a felony.
Example Sentences
His solution, however, was not to reform sentencing laws or decriminalize or defelonize nonviolent crimes, […]
Word Forms
- defelonizes
- defelonizing
- defelonized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include decriminalize, decrime, decriminalise, defederalize, decapitalize, defeudalize.
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