(~s, decriminalizing, ~d)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'decriminalise'
When a criminal offence is ~d, the law changes so that it is no longer a criminal offence.
...the question of whether prostitution should be ~d.
VERB: be V-ed, also V n
decriminalization
...the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the Isle of Man.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n