Illegalization
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 The act or process of illegalizing. countable, uncountable
"“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."
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More examples"“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."
Etymology
From illegalize + -ation or il- + legalization.