What are some opposite words for criminalize?

Antonyms for criminalize
ˈkrɪm ə nlˌaɪzcrim·i·nal·ize

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  1. criminalizeverb

    treat as a criminal

    Antonyms:
    decriminalize, legitimate, legalize, legitimatize, legitimize, legitimise, legalise, decriminalise, legitimatise

    Synonyms:
    outlaw, illegalise, illegalize, criminalise

  2. outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegaliseverb

    declare illegal; outlaw

    "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."

    Antonyms:
    legitimatise, legitimate, legalize, decriminalise, decriminalize, legitimize, legalise, legitimatize, legitimise

    Synonyms:
    outlaw, illegalise, illegalize, criminalise

How to use criminalize in a sentence?

  1. Julian Castro:

    When somebody comes across the border, we should not criminalize desperation, to treat that as a civil violation, criminalize desperation.

  2. Catherine Murphy:

    There's a lot of misunderstanding about our proposal. What decriminalizing talks about is the laws that are used to criminalize adult consensual sex work, or selling of sex among consensual adults, it does not mean the removal of all laws that deal with exploitation, abuse, trafficking, involvement of children. Those laws are absolutely needed and are still absolutely relevant within a decriminalized system. We would never advocate for that, absolutely not.

  3. Carly Fiorina:

    If we continue to criminalize drug addiction, we're not treating it. And the system we have today is part of the problem now, not part of the solution, we now have the highest incarceration rates in the world. And the majority of people we have in prison are people like my daughter, Lori, struggling with addiction.

  4. Nancy Pelosi:

    House Republicans are doubling down on an extreme MAGA agenda: to criminalize women’s health care, to slash seniors’ Medicare (including with the repeal of the lower drug prices for seniors in the Inflation Reduction Act), and to attack our democracy.

  5. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan:

    We're going to criminalize certain activities in this next year to reflect the seriousness that we're going to take on certain behaviors.

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