"criminalize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: criminalizes [present, singular, third-person], criminalizing [participle, present], criminalized [participle, past], criminalized [past]
Etymology: criminal + -ize Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{suffix|en|criminal|ize}} criminal + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} criminalize (third-person singular simple present criminalizes, present participle criminalizing, simple past and past participle criminalized)
  1. (transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Crime Translations (to make something be a crime): جَرَّمَ (jarrama) (Arabic), criminalitzar (Catalan), kriminalisoida (Finnish), tehdä laittomaksi (Finnish), criminaliser (French), prohibir (Galician), ilegalizar (Galician), penalizar (Galician), ποινικοποιώ (poinikopoió) (Greek), הוציא מחוץ לחוק (hotzí mikhútz lakhók) (Hebrew), criminalizzare (Italian), 犯罪視する (hanzaishi suru) (Japanese), 犯罪化する (hanzaika suru) (Japanese), criminalizar (Portuguese), criminaliza (Romanian), криминализова́ть (kriminalizovátʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), prohibir (Spanish), ilegalizar (Spanish), penalizar (Spanish), kriminalisera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-criminalize-en-verb-hqQIvwn5 Disambiguation of Crime: 93 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'to make something be a crime': 100 0
  2. (transitive) To treat as a criminal. Tags: transitive Translations (to treat as a criminal): criminalitzar (Catalan), kohdella kuin rikollista (Finnish), leimata rikolliseksi (Finnish), criminaliser (French), criminalizar (Galician), kriminalisieren (German), criminalizzare (Italian), criminalizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-criminalize-en-verb-RJz0FmGf Disambiguation of 'to treat as a criminal': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: criminalise [British] Derived forms: criminalization, decriminalize, recriminalize Related terms: felonize, misdemeanorize, illegalize, outlaw

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