transcription, транскрипция: [ di:krɪmɪnəlaɪz ]
( decriminalizes, decriminalizing, decriminalized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'decriminalise'
When a criminal offence is decriminalized , the law changes so that it is no longer a criminal offence.
...the question of whether prostitution should be decriminalized.
VERB : be V-ed , also V n
• de‧crimi‧nali‧za‧tion
...the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the Isle of Man.
N-UNCOUNT : oft N of n