English Explanatory Dictionary

defelonize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To reduce the status of (a crime) such that it is no longer a felony.

Word forms

defelonize defelonizes defelonizing defelonized

Etymology

From de- + felon + -ize, apparently on the model of decriminalize.

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