illegalize
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
illegal + -ize or i- + legalize
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɪˈliːɡəlʌɪz/
Verb
illegalize (third-person singular simple present illegalizes, present participle illegalizing, simple past and past participle illegalized)
- To make illegal; to prohibit by law, to criminalize. [from 19th c.]
- 2000, Lois Bibbings, Donald Nicolson, Feminist Perspectives on Criminal Law, p. 111:
- Only as recently as 1991 was the rape by a husband of his wife illegalised.
- 2002, David Evans, A History of Nature Conservation in Britain, p. 47:
- A 1908 Act illegalised the teagle, a particularly nasty snare of baited hooks joined by strings which was put out to attract birds during hard weather.
- 2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley 2014, p. 41:
- Although slavery had been illegalized by 1870, fundamental prejudice could not be legislated away.
- 2000, Lois Bibbings, Donald Nicolson, Feminist Perspectives on Criminal Law, p. 111:
Antonyms
See also
Translations
Translations
|