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criminalize

verb

Etymology

From criminal + -ize.

  1. derived from crimen
  2. derived from criminalis
  3. derived from criminal
  4. inherited from cryminal
  5. formed as criminalize — “criminal + -ize”

Definitions

  1. To make (something) a crime

    To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.

    • "Ag-gag laws criminalize undercover investigations by prohibiting one or more of three types of behavior: trespass, recording of videos, and failure to submit a video to law enforcement."
    • Advocates for homeless people, the American Psychiatric Association and several left-leaning states, including New York, Illinois and Minnesota, argue that criminalizing homelessness only worsens the problem.

  2. To treat as a criminal.

The neighborhood

Derived

criminalizable, criminalization, criminalizer, decriminalize, overcriminalization, recriminalize

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for criminalize. 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