Meaning of misdemeanorize | Babel Free

Definitions

To reclassify (an offense) as a misdemeanor.

rare, transitive

Examples

“... Control Act were Federal penalties for marijuana possession reduced and steps taken to de-excalate and misdemeanorize the more serious criminal status of marijuana possession and sale.”

“to constrain those who don't comply, how else could that new situation be described other than as having “criminalized” non-attendance? Misdemeanorized?”

“2012 Stand-your-ground the rule in state, courts affirm Calguns Probably no more than when a charge gets misdemeanorized or changed at a prelim. hearing, then goes on to trial.”

“Brown got further with the new jail than any of his predecessors because he could preach the touchy-feely gospel of anti-recidivism better than they could. But with jail booking rates for drug-related offenses plummeting by 50 percent in response to Prop. 47, which misdemeanor-ized many crimes previously charged as felonies, even God-fearing right-wingers from North County have adopted a sternly skeptical “verify but trust” attitude with Brown, rather than the other way around.”

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