English-Dutch translations for legalize

• legaliseren
  Enkele maanden geleden wilde men in deze Vergadering cannabis legaliseren. Some months ago there was a move in this House to legalize cannabis.
  Wij vragen dan ook de aandacht van de collegae voor de noodzaak met spoed deze business te legaliseren om daarmee 80 % van de inkomsten van de maffia te doen verdwijnen. We want to draw your attention to the need to legalize this business as a matter of urgency, to wipe out the 80 % of Mafia income.

Definition of legalize

• To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it

Examples

• There is a debate whether or not to legalise some of the softer drugs.

Related words

• illegalize
• legalization
• illegalization