"criminalization" meaning in English

See criminalization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/ Forms: criminalizations [plural]
enPR: krĭ"mĭnəlīzā'shən Etymology: From criminal + -ization or criminalize + -ation. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{suffix|en|criminal|ization}} criminal + -ization, {{suffix|en|criminalize|ation}} criminalize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} criminalization (countable and uncountable, plural criminalizations)
  1. The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime Translations (making a previously legal activity illegal): criminalització [feminine] (Catalan), 非法化 (fēifǎhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), criminalisering [feminine] (Dutch), kriminalisointi (Finnish), rikollistaminen (Finnish), criminalisation [feminine] (French), pénalisation [feminine] (French), criminalización [feminine] (Galician), Kriminalisierung [feminine] (German), 犯罪視 (hanzaishi) (alt: はんざいし) (Japanese), қылмыстандыру (qylmystandyru) (Kazakh), criminalização [feminine] (Portuguese), криминализа́ция (kriminalizácija) [feminine] (Russian), criminalización [feminine] (Spanish), kriminalisering (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-criminalization-en-noun-T6goj-Gj Disambiguation of Crime: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation, English terms suffixed with -ization, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ization: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'making a previously legal activity illegal': 81 19
  2. The act of turning someone into a criminal by making their activities illegal. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (turning someone into a criminal): 罪犯化 (zuìfànhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), criminalisering [feminine] (Dutch), kriminalisointi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-criminalization-en-noun-ZSVKdE1P Disambiguation of 'turning someone into a criminal': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: criminalisation [UK, mainly] Hypernyms: legal reclassification Hyponyms: felonization, misdemeanorization Derived forms: recriminalization, undercriminalization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "making a previously legal activity illegal",
          "word": "rikollistaminen"
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          "sense": "making a previously legal activity illegal",
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          "sense": "making a previously legal activity illegal",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "making a previously legal activity illegal",
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          "word": "Kriminalisierung"
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          "alt": "はんざいし",
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          "roman": "hanzaishi",
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          "word": "犯罪視"
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          "roman": "kriminalizácija",
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      "enpr": "krĭ\"mĭnəlīzā'shən"
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      "sense": "making a previously legal activity illegal",
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      "sense": "making a previously legal activity illegal",
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      "sense": "making a previously legal activity illegal",
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      "sense": "making a previously legal activity illegal",
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      "sense": "making a previously legal activity illegal",
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      "alt": "はんざいし",
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      "sense": "making a previously legal activity illegal",
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      "sense": "turning someone into a criminal",
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      "sense": "turning someone into a criminal",
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      "sense": "turning someone into a criminal",
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}

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