CRIMINALISE

outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise

(verb) declare illegal; outlaw; “Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

criminalise (third-person singular simple present criminalises, present participle criminalising, simple past and past participle criminalised)

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of criminalize.

Antonyms

• decriminalise

Source: Wiktionary



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