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Criminalization

/ˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/

The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.

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noun
  1. 1

    The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.

  2. 2

    The act of turning someone into a criminal by making their activities illegal.

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criminalisationnounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalization. [The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.]
decriminalizationnounThe act of making an activity or substance no longer criminalized (no longer a crime, subject to criminal penalties, to perform or possess). (Compare legalization, which often implies regulation.)
penalisationnounAlternative spelling of penalization. [The act of punishing; punishment.]
penaltynounA punishment for violating rules of procedure.
crimenoun(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
punishmentnounThe act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or teacher), especially when disappointed or dissatisfied with the behavior or actions of a child, student, or someone else being looked after.
penalizationnounThe act of punishing; punishment.
penalizeverb(transitive) To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.
criminalitynoun(uncountable) Criminal activity.
punishverb(transitive) To cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a suspect or criminal) to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent, teacher, or police officer).
incriminationnounThe act of incriminating someone.
impositionnounThe act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
convictionnoun(countable) A firmly held belief.
repressionnounThe act of repressing; state of being repressed.
guiltnounResponsibility for wrongdoing.
suppressionnounThe act or instance of suppressing.
chargenounThe amount of money levied for a service.
qualificationnounThe act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
establishmentnounThat which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
characterizationnounThe act or process of characterizing.

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