Criminalize Definition
krĭmə-nə-līz
criminalized, criminalizes, criminalizing
verb
criminalized, criminalizes, criminalizing
To impose a criminal penalty on or for; outlaw.
American Heritage
To make criminal.
Webster's New World
To make a particular conduct or omission a crime and to establish penal sanctions for it.
Webster's New World Law
To make a person, or to be the cause of making that person, a criminal. See also decriminalization.
Webster's New World Law
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Origin of Criminalize
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criminal + -ize
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