☑️ decriminalize (v.) 使合法化，除罪化

📖 to change the law so that sth is no longer illegal

📖 to remove or reduce the criminal classification or status of sth

#️⃣ 單字來源與延伸：

decriminalize，我們可以將這個字拆解，de (拉丁字首表示去掉) + criminal (當作名詞表示罪犯) + ize (常見動詞字尾，代表…化)，decriminalization 則是它的名詞用法。反義詞criminalize 當作動詞代表：使…非法。

🎙 延伸學習，與法律有關的動詞搭配：

📝合法化 legalize / legitimize / decriminalize

📝批准 approve / authorize / permit / allow

📝禁止 ban / bar / prohibit / forbid / outlaw

📝通過法律 pass the law

📝草擬法律 draft the law

💬本集的必備例句

Senate Democrats introduced a draft bill that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level.

– the Economist, 15 July, 2021 （參議院民主黨提出了一項法案草案，將在聯邦級別將大麻合法化。）

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