criminalization

English

Alternative forms

criminalisation (mainly UK)

Etymology

criminal +‎ -ization or criminalize +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

enPR: krĭ"mĭnəlīzā'shən, IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/

Noun

criminalization (countable and uncountable, plural criminalizations)

The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.
The act of turning someone into a criminal by making their activities illegal.

Antonyms

decriminalization

Hypernyms

legal reclassification

Hyponyms

Translations

making a previously legal activity illegal

Catalan: criminalització f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 非法化 (fēifǎhuà)
Dutch: criminalisering (nl) f
Finnish: kriminalisointi (fi), rikollistaminen
French: criminalisation (fr) f, pénalisation (fr) f
Galician: criminalización f
German: Kriminalisierung f
Japanese: 犯罪視 (はんざいし, hanzaishi)
Kazakh: қылмыстандыру (qylmystandyru)
Portuguese: criminalização (pt) f
Russian: криминализа́ция (ru) f (kriminalizácija)
Spanish: criminalización f
Swedish: kriminalisering (sv)

turning someone into a criminal

Chinese:
Mandarin: 罪犯化 (zuìfànhuà)
Dutch: criminalisering (nl) f
Finnish: kriminalisointi (fi)

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