Legalize

//ˈliːɡəlaɪz//

Synonyms for "legalize" (45 found)

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Related word relations

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Antonyms

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Translations

43 translations across 30 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • قَنَّنَ verb (make legal)

Asturian

1 entries
  • llegalizar verb (make legal)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • легалізава́ць verb (make legal)

Breton

1 entries
  • lezennekaat verb (make legal)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • легализирам verb (make legal)
  • узаконявам verb (make legal)

Catalan

1 entries
  • legalitzar verb (make legal)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 合法化 verb (make legal)

Danish

1 entries
  • legalisere verb (make legal)

Dutch

1 entries
  • legaliseren verb (make legal)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • legalizi verb (make legal)

Estonian

1 entries
  • legaliseerima verb (make legal)

Finnish

1 entries
  • laillistaa verb (make legal)

French

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  • autoriser verb (make legal)
  • dépénaliser verb (make legal)
  • légaliser verb (make legal)

Galician

1 entries
  • legalizar verb (make legal)

German

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  • legalisieren verb (make legal)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • legalizál verb (make legal)
  • törvényesít verb (make legal)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • melegalisasi verb (make legal)
  • melegalkan verb (make legal)
  • mengesahkan verb (make legal)

Italian

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  • legalizzare verb (make legal)

Japanese

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  • 合法化する verb (make legal)

Korean

1 entries
  • 합법화(合法化)하다 verb (make legal)

Māori

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  • whakamana verb (make legal)

Polish

2 entries
  • legalizować verb (make legal)
  • zalegalizować verb (make legal)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • legalizar verb (make legal)

Russian

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  • легализи́ровать verb (make legal)
  • легализова́ть verb (make legal)
  • узако́нивать verb (make legal)
  • узако́нить verb (make legal)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • laghaich verb (make legal)

Spanish

1 entries
  • legalizar verb (make legal)

Swedish

1 entries
  • legalisera verb (make legal)

Turkish

1 entries
  • yasallaştırmak verb (make legal)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • легалізува́ти verb (make legal)
  • узако́нити verb (make legal)
  • узако́нювати verb (make legal)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • hợp pháp hoá verb (make legal)
  • luật hoá verb (make legal)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Legalize it!

Source: tatoeba (1710430)

Certain things are easier to legalize than legitimize.

Source: tatoeba (7021197)

President Bolsonaro's administration supports legislation that environmental groups say would legalize land grabs.

Source: tatoeba (8814433)

Legalize crime.

Source: tatoeba (11327676)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.