How to Use "legitimize" with Example Sentences

1. So the coastal waters of the yellow sea have long been the " theater " in which pyongyang could most easily provoke a crisis , and most easily legitimize it .

2. But recently , president dmitri a. medvedev of russia has been seeking to expand and legitimize the domestic russian internet industry - and move it away from its reputation as a playground for hackers , pornographers and authors of darkly ingenious viruses .

3. " Sexualized portrayals of women have been found to legitimize or exacerbate violence against women and girls , as well as sexual harassment and anti-women attitudes among men and boys , " hatton said .