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defelonized

defelonized is the simple past and past participle of defelonize.

Meaning of defelonize

Verb

defelonize (third-person singular simple present defelonizes, present participle defelonizing, simple past and past participle defelonized)

  1. (transitive) To reduce the status of (a crime) such that it is no longer a felony.
    • His solution, however, was not to reform sentencing laws or decriminalize or defelonize nonviolent crimes, […]2011, Elana Zilberg, Space of Detention, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 248

Questions about defelonized

What is defelonized the simple past and past participle of?
Defelonized is the simple past and past participle of defelonize.

Words near defelonized in the dictionary

  1. defeding
  2. defeds
  3. DeFelice
  4. Defelices
  5. defelonize
  6. defelonized
  7. defelonizes
  8. defelonizing
  9. defeminated
  10. defemination
  11. defeminisation

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