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Example sentences for: decriminalized

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So, we decriminalized virtually all minor offenses, we refused to confront young persons meaningfully for minor offenses--in New York City even burglary was for all practical purposes decriminalized (police didn't even bother investigating it)--and to use Moynihan's phrase, we "defined deviance down."
Amsterdammers looked at feasible and practical responses to the issues, and decriminalized some aspects of both.
If Internet wine buying was uniformly decriminalized and there was a genuine nationwide market, on the other hand, the system would be more creative and efficient.