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criminalize

[ krim-uh-nl-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

criminalized, criminalizing.
  1. to make punishable as a crime:

    To reduce the graffiti on subway cars, he wants to criminalize the selling of spray paint to minors.

  2. to make a criminal of:

    Drug use has criminalized him.



criminalize

/ ˈɪɪəˌɪ /

verb

  1. to make (an action or activity) criminal
  2. to treat (a person) as a criminal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԲˈپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • i·Բ··tDz noun
  • c··Բ··tDz noun
  • ·i·Բ· verb (used with object) recriminalized recriminalizing
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of criminalize1

First recorded in 1955–60; criminal + -ize
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Example Sentences

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“It’s unjust to criminalize someone because of a tattoo,” said Araujo, 32.

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After David Walker and Nat Turner took that power of literacy to yet another level, the entire region began criminalizing Black literacy.

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“Columbia cultivated the environment for this to happen by vilifying, demonizing and criminalizing these students to begin with, instead of working with them,” Kiswani said.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his state's first arrests under a 2021 law criminalizing nearly all abortions.

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Now, the right is using the spirit of Purim to criminalize, sanction and shut down Jewish solidarity with the Palestinian cause in the U.S.

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