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illegalizeverbTo make illegal; to prohibit by law, to criminalize.
outlawverb(transitive) To declare illegal.
characterizingverb(transitive) To be typical of.
classifyingThat serves to classify.
condemningnouncondemnation
creatingnouncreation
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.]
criminalitynoun(uncountable) Criminal activity.
definingServing to define or distinguish.
incriminatingCausing, showing, or proving that one is guilty of wrongdoing.
incriminationnounThe act of incriminating someone.
jeopardyverb(transitive, archaic) To jeopardize; to endanger.
offencenounBritish, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada standard spelling of offense.
outlawingverbA fugitive from the law.
penalisationnounAlternative spelling of penalization. [The act of punishing; punishment.]
penaliseverbNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of penalize. [(transitive) To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.]
penalisingverbNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of penalize. [(transitive) To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.]
penalizationnounThe act of punishing; punishment.
penalizingverb(transitive) To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.
penaltynounA punishment for violating rules of procedure.

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