illegalization
nounEtymology From illegalize + -ation or il- + legalization.
1
The act or process of illegalizing.
- “Once the drug illegalization crowd gets hold of it, that’s that,” said Alexander Shulgin, a former Dow chemist who discovered the effects of MDMA, or ecstasy, which has also been made a controlled substance.2008 May 4, Benedict Carey, “A Psychedelic ‘Problem Child’ Comes Full Circle”, in New York Times:
- Antonyms
- legalization
- Hypernyms
- legal reclassification