"criminalise" meaning in English

See criminalise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: criminalises [present, singular, third-person], criminalising [participle, present], criminalised [participle, past], criminalised [past]
Etymology: From criminal + -ise. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|criminal|ise}} criminal + -ise Head templates: {{en-verb}} criminalise (third-person singular simple present criminalises, present participle criminalising, simple past and past participle criminalised)
  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalize. Tags: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: criminalize
    Sense id: en-criminalise-en-verb-hkQfs5Kx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ise

Inflected forms

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