criminalize

English

Etymology

From criminal +‎ -ize

Alternative forms

• criminalise (chiefly British)

Etymology

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criminal +‎ -ize

Verb

1. (transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
2. (transitive) To treat as a criminal.

Derived terms

• decriminalize
• recriminalize

See also

• felonize
• misdemeanorize
• illegalize
• outlaw

Translations

to make something be a crime

• Arabic: جَرَّمَ (jarrama)
• Catalan: criminalitzar (ca)
• Finnish: kriminalisoida (fi), tehdä laittomaksı
• French: criminaliser (fr)
• Galician: prohibir (gl), ilegalizar, penalizar
• Greek: ποινικοποιώ (el) (poinikopoió)
• Hebrew: הוציא מחוץ לחוק (hotzí mikhútz lakhók)
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• Italian: criminalizzare
• Japanese: 犯罪視する (hanzaishi suru)
• Portuguese: criminalizar (pt)
• Romanian: criminaliza
• Russian: криминализова́ть (ru) impf or pf (kriminalizovátʹ)
• Spanish: prohibir (es), ilegalizar (es), penalizar (es)
• Swedish: kriminalisera (sv)

to treat as a criminal

• French: criminaliser (fr)
• Galician: criminalizar
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• German: kriminalisieren (de)
• Italian: criminalizzare
• Spanish: criminalizar (es)

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Portuguese

Verb

criminalize

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