decrim

English

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Noun

decrim (uncountable)

1. Decriminalization.
   • 2000, Michael Billington, Reflections of an American Political Prisoner, p. 76:

     Our Anti-Drug Coalition had thrown our full weight into the New York State fight over decrim, rallying the population and holding up the drug pushers in the legislature to public scorn.

   • 2017, Brooke Magnanti, Sex, Lies and Statistics:

     In 2015, Amnesty International, after a worldwide consultation looking at all available data, endorsed supporting decrim.

Anagrams

• crimed, dermic