criminalization

noun
/ˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/

Etymology

From criminal + -ization or criminalize + -ation.

  1. derived from crimen
  2. derived from criminalis
  3. derived from criminal
  4. inherited from cryminal
  5. formed as criminalization — “criminal + -ization

Definitions

  1. The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a…

    The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.

    • And of course, s/m players who participate in breath play will also be more vulnerable to criminalization under such a new law.
  2. The act of turning someone into a criminal by making their activities illegal.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for criminalization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA