Defelonize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To reduce the status of (a crime) such that it is no longer a felony. transitive

    "His solution, however, was not to reform sentencing laws or decriminalize or defelonize nonviolent crimes, […]"

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"His solution, however, was not to reform sentencing laws or decriminalize or defelonize nonviolent crimes, […]"

Etymology

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

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