felonizing

Verb

felonize (third-person singular simple present felonizes, present participle felonizing, simple past and past participle felonized)

1. To classify a crime as a felony.
   • January 2015 The War on Drugs Is Burning Out Rolling Stone
     Prop 47 also de-felonized nonviolent theft of less than $950.
2. To classify a person as a felon.
   • June 2018 California Experience Drove Principal to Teach Rio Grande Sun
     Archuleta tells his most difficult students that they will be principals one day. “They look at me like, ‘Huh? You’re crazy,’” he said. “A lot of me really feels it. Because I’m them. It was fortunate that my activism didn’t...