constitutionalize
Verb
To incorporate into a constitution
To provide with a constitution
To make constitutional
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Governmental searches of vehicles regularly occur via exceptions to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement; a myriad of decisions have constitutionalized warrantless searches of vehicles, their compartments, their containers and even their occupants.
Verb
provide with a constitution, as of a country
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The United States were constitutionalized in the late 18th century
take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal
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A good way of exercising is to constitutionalize
incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional
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A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970's
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