reclassify

[ ree-klas-uh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

, re·clas·si·fied, re·clas·si·fy·ing.

1. to classify anew.
2. to change the security classification of (information, a document, etc.).

Other Words From

• re·classi·fi·cation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of reclassify¹

First recorded in 1915–20; re- + classify

Example Sentences

Return of the Jedi was not the only film reclassified in the latest changes.

From BBC

That measure would undo parts of Proposition 47, a 2014 criminal justice reform measure approved by voters that reclassified some property and drug crimes from felonies to misdemeanors.

From Los Angeles Times

Proposition 36 aims to retool parts of Proposition 47, a measure voters overwhelmingly passed in 2014 on the promise to relieve California’s overcrowded prisons by reclassifying some non-violent offenses from felonies to misdemeanors.

From Los Angeles Times

To bring down these costs, Oh and his supporters have called for another controversial solution: reclassifying migrant domestic workers so they no longer fall under minimum-wage laws.

From Los Angeles Times

Proposition 36 seeks to reclassify certain misdemeanors back into felonies for these offenses.

From Los Angeles Times