Legalize is an English word with synonyms like outlaw or criminalise. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Legalize meaning
To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.
Synonyms of Legalize
Using Legalize
- The main meaning on this page is: To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.
- Useful related words include: outlaw, criminalise, countenance, let.
- In the example corpus, legalize often appears in combinations such as: to legalize, legalize recreational, legalize marijuana.
Context around Legalize
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Legalize
- In this selection, "legalize" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, polygyny, sports and cannabis stand out and add context to how "legalize" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aims to legalize the commercial and amendment to legalize polygyny for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "legalize" sits close to words such as analytica, bauer and camouflage, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with legalize
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The question is no longer if the United States should legalize cannabis, but how to legalize. (16 words)
And there’s a Senate hearing this afternoon (3pm) on a bill to legalize recreational marijuana. (16 words)
Keep rum cheap and legalize small does of Marijuana to keep the population drug and dumbfounded. (16 words)
The federal government still considers cannabis illegal, but since states began to legalize sales in 2014, it has largely looked the other way when U.S. citizens get involved in the burgeoning industry. (33 words)
A bill that would legalize sports betting and give all of the action to the 11 Native American tribes with casinos in Minnesota will begin its journey through the Legislature next week. (32 words)
But Oregon has always been about drugs: first decriminalization of pot in America 50 years ago this year, among the first to legalize it for so-called medicine and later recreation. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
The question is no longer if the United States should legalize cannabis, but how to legalize.
Of the 14 counties that are permitted to legalize prostitution under state law, 8 have chosen to legalize brothels.
Zhirinovsky first proposed to legalize polygyny in 1993, after Kadyrov 's declaration that he would introduce an amendment to legalize polygyny for all Russian citizens.
A bill that would legalize sports betting and give all of the action to the 11 Native American tribes with casinos in Minnesota will begin its journey through the Legislature next week.
And there’s a Senate hearing this afternoon (3pm) on a bill to legalize recreational marijuana.
Beshear, who pushed to legalize sports betting throughout his term, put state regulators on an accelerated timetable to put the regulations in place to oversee the new form of gambling.
But Oregon has always been about drugs: first decriminalization of pot in America 50 years ago this year, among the first to legalize it for so-called medicine and later recreation.
For example, the state-of-the-art machine-learning tool would “impose taxes on flights, restrict rent increases, and legalize abortion.
House and Senate Republicans are weighing whether that final budget should permit additional commercial casinos to be operated in the state, and legalize and regulate video gaming terminals.
House bill sponsor state Rep. Karen Clark joining the rally outside the House Chamber following the 75-59 vote to legalize gay marriage.
In 2023, Oregon became the first state to legalize psilocybin for therapy under the supervision of a licensed facilitator.
In an earth-shattering decision, the Texas House of Representatives has given its approval to legalize online sports betting across the state.
In Nevada's Democratic-controlled Legislature a proposal to legalize safe injection sites is on the table but has yet to get a hearing, one year after a similar push failed.
Keep rum cheap and legalize small does of Marijuana to keep the population drug and dumbfounded.
Legislative Bill 634, the Adopt the Cannabis Control Act and the Cannabis Conviction Clean Slate Act, seeks to legalize the adult use of cannabis.
Members of the House of Representatives in Nigeria discussed a proposed bill that aims to legalize the commercial cultivation, sale and consumption of cannabis, local media.
On May 17, 2021, Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in the state of Alabama.
On the ballot is State Question 820 that asks whether recreational marijuana should be legalize for adults over the age of 21.
Several other states are building strong momentum to legalize adult-use cannabis in 2023, including Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Ohio.
The federal government still considers cannabis illegal, but since states began to legalize sales in 2014, it has largely looked the other way when U.S. citizens get involved in the burgeoning industry.
Common combinations with legalize
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to legalize 147×
- legalize recreational 31×
- legalize marijuana 24×
- legalize the 17×
- would legalize 14×
- legalize sports 13×
- legalize medical 12×
- legalize it 7×
- legalize cannabis 6×
- legalize and 6×