Illegalization

noun

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Noun
  1. 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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"“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.

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