Explore Decriminalised through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Decriminalised meaning
simple past and past participle of decriminalise
Using Decriminalised
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of decriminalise
- In the example corpus, decriminalised often appears in combinations such as: decriminalised in, was decriminalised, the decriminalised.
Context around Decriminalised
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Decriminalised
- In this selection, "decriminalised" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, court, 1993, legislation, include, section and substance stand out and add context to how "decriminalised" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 21 were decriminalised in the and abortion is decriminalised in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "decriminalised" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with decriminalised
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Elsewhere, it is broadly legal but not entirely decriminalised. (9 words)
The new legislation decriminalised loitering with the intent to work as a prostitute. (13 words)
Cyprus decriminalised homosexuality in 1998 and has rolled back previous conservative attitudes to homosexuality. (14 words)
What this means for sex workers, even here in Australia where sex work is legal or decriminalised in some states, is that the rug has been pulled out from underneath us with little to no notice, leaving many panicked. (39 words)
It is sadder because of how inclusive India has been as a society and that four years back, the Supreme Court decriminalised section 377, a harsh colonial law that criminalised any act ‘against the natural order’. (36 words)
The Netherlands has also decriminalised, and has a legal cannabis market through the ‘coffee shop’ system – although in this system the production of cannabis remains illegal and it is still necessarily sourced from the criminal market. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Areas where parking has not been decriminalised include Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.
It is sadder because of how inclusive India has been as a society and that four years back, the Supreme Court decriminalised section 377, a harsh colonial law that criminalised any act ‘against the natural order’.
While currently under a work permit through their company Kloud Nine, Mohammed says he is trying his best to stay within legal guidelines for their peddling of the decriminalised substance.
While the Criminal Law (Suicide) Act of 1993 decriminalised suicide itself, the offence of assisting suicide was retained and put on a statutory footing.
The decriminalised parking enforcement (DPE) proposals agreed by the council will be self-funded – and will therefore solely rely on drivers breaking the rules in order to cover financial costs.
The new legislation decriminalised loitering with the intent to work as a prostitute.
Walker said back then, that since legal changes decriminalised the possession of up to 15 grams of cannabis, many students have been seen and caught smoking in public, including on school compounds.
We will look at the amount of drugs that should be decriminalised for personal use and the number of times that a person can be diverted to health interventions, amoung other issues.
Cyprus decriminalised homosexuality in 1998 and has rolled back previous conservative attitudes to homosexuality.
Elsewhere, it is broadly legal but not entirely decriminalised.
However there has been progress elsewhere, including Angola, which decriminalised gay sex in January.
Now that abortion is decriminalised in the north, any women who continue to use abortion pills bought online will not risk being arrested if they tell a doctor that they've taken the drugs.
Only eight percent continue to view it as “an illness that should be cured", whereas 42 percent thought so in 1975, seven years after homosexuality was decriminalised in France.
The MeToo movement may have empowered many victims to share their stories of sexual violence, but rape conviction rates have plummeted to such lows that it feels as if it has been practically decriminalised.
Belize has decriminalised, so too the Cayman Islands and Bermuda, just last year; and the US Virgin Islands in 2014.
The Commission recommended that marijuana smoking and other uses should be banned in all public spaces, whether in a decriminalised or legalised regime.
The Netherlands has also decriminalised, and has a legal cannabis market through the ‘coffee shop’ system – although in this system the production of cannabis remains illegal and it is still necessarily sourced from the criminal market.
What this means for sex workers, even here in Australia where sex work is legal or decriminalised in some states, is that the rug has been pulled out from underneath us with little to no notice, leaving many panicked.
Defamation was decriminalised in 2010 by a Supreme Court ruling, but this was later overturned by a 2013 Constitutional Court decision.
Homosexual acts between adult males over the age of 21 were decriminalised in the United Kingdom in 1967, only seven years earlier.
Common combinations with decriminalised
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- decriminalised in 7×
- was decriminalised 4×
- the decriminalised 2×
- of decriminalised 2×
- decriminalised homosexuality 2×
- were decriminalised 2×