transcription, транскрипция: [ li:gəlaɪz ]
( legalizes, legalizing, legalized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'legalise'
If something is legalized , a law is passed that makes it legal.
Divorce was legalized in 1981.
...the decision of the Georgian government to legalise multi-party elections.
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• le‧gali‧za‧tion
She ruled out the legalisation of drugs.
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