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decrim

decrim noun: decriminalization.

Noun

decrim (uncountable)

  1. Decriminalization.
    • Our Anti-Drug Coalition had thrown our full weight into the New York State fight over decrim, rallying the population and holding up the drug pushers in the legislature to public scorn.2000, Michael Billington, Reflections of an American Political Prisoner, page 76
    • In 2015, Amnesty International, after a worldwide consultation looking at all available data, endorsed supporting decrim.2017, Brooke Magnanti, Sex, Lies and Statistics

Origin of decrim

Clipping of decriminalization.

Questions about decrim

What does decrim mean?
Decrim means decriminalization.
What part of speech is decrim?
Decrim is a noun.

Words near decrim in the dictionary

  1. decried
  2. decrier
  3. decriers
  4. decries
  5. decrieth
  6. decrim
  7. decrime
  8. decriminalisation
  9. decriminalise
  10. decriminalised
  11. decriminalises

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