decriminalise

• Verbe désignant l'action de supprimer ou de réduire les sanctions pénales liées à un acte ou à une substance, de sorte qu'il cesse d'être poursuivi au pénal.

A verb used to indicate the act of removing or reducing the criminal penalties associated with an action or substance, making it no longer subject to criminal prosecution.

1. Make legalC1formallegal

   To remove criminal penalties for an act, making it no longer a crime, though it may still be regulated.

   Dépénaliser

   • The government voted to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of cannabis.
   • Many activists are campaigning to decriminalise certain drug offenses.
   • The new law will decriminalise public intoxication, treating it as a health issue instead.

   Synonymeslegitimatize

   Antonymesbancriminalisecriminalizeforbidoutlawprohibit