CRIMINALIZE meaning: Make an action illegal by law

We found 22 dictionaries that define the word criminalize:

General (18 matching dictionaries)

criminalize: Merriam-Webster
criminalize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
criminalize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
criminalize: Collins English Dictionary
criminalize: Vocabulary.com
Criminalize, criminalize: Wordnik
criminalize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
criminalize: Wiktionary
criminalize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
criminalize: Infoplease Dictionary
criminalize: Dictionary.com
criminalize: Rhymezone
criminalize: FreeDictionary.org
criminalize: Mnemonic Dictionary
criminalize: TheFreeDictionary.com
criminalize: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)

criminalize: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
criminalize: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
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criminalize: Encyclopedia

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▸ verb: (transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
▸ verb: (transitive) To treat as a criminal.

Opposite:

decriminalize, legalize, legitimize

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