defelonize

verb

defelonize

verb

Etymology From de- + felon + -ize, apparently on the model of decriminalize.

1

To reduce the status of (a crime) such that it is no longer a felony.

His solution, however, was not to reform sentencing laws or decriminalize or defelonize nonviolent crimes, […]2011, Elana Zilberg, Space of Detention, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 248:

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