criminalizing
present participle ofcriminalize
criminalize
verb[T]
(UKusuallycriminalise)uk/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl.aɪz/us/ˈkrɪm.ə.nəl.aɪz/to make somethingillegal:
Thelawhas criminalizedprostitutionbut not gotridof it.
Synonym
outlaw
Opposites
decriminalize
legalize
UK politics: legislation & law-making
- abolish
- abrogate
- abrogation
- amend
- amendment
- assemblyman
- constitutional
- enforce
- gold plate
- Green Paper
- guillotine
- hard Brexitidiom
- jurisprudence
- presiding officer
- Prime Minister's Questions
- private member's bill
- prohibit
- prohibition
- sanction
- writ
Examplesofcriminalizing
criminalizing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Detailed textual analysis reveals strategies of marginalizing, patronizing,criminalizing, and in other ways derogating the outgroup.
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Accepting the general case forcriminalizingmere offense will inevitably lead to restrictions on individuals' autonomy, especially because the criminal law is so coarse-grained.
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It is an absolutism because it denies that a certain consideration, voluntary harm to self, is ever a reason at all forcriminalizing.
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The justification forcriminalizingthese cases is, in part, practical.
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The point of stating it is to illustrate the possibility of such arguments forcriminalizingmere offense.
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The subtext was that a greater national shame thancriminalizingliquor distribution was in store if prohibition were abandoned.
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Feinberg's writings suggest two arguments againstcriminalizingtheir conduct or assisting in it.
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We also think it is important politically to stopcriminalizingthis type of fishing.
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The act has been criticized for its provision oncriminalizinglibel, which is perceived to be a curtailment in freedom of expression.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is most commonly applied to acts which occur in public circumstances, and most formally involves suppression of ideas bycriminalizingor regulating expression.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, there are legal provisionscriminalizingthe desecration of religious artifacts at the time of worship, hate speech, racism, defamation, calumny, and libel.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There is little risk because in countries with lawscriminalizingtrafficking, criminals often escape prosecution and convictions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It has to do with controlling andcriminalizingdangerous populations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.State laws restricting orcriminalizingswitchblade possession and use were adopted by an increasing number of state legislatures.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The portioncriminalizingall relations between teachers and students was passed in 2003.
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- fish-finger
- fish for compliments
- fish-for-compliments
- fish fry
- fish-fry
- fishhook
- fishing
- fishing activity
- fishing boat
- fishing derby
- fishing effort
- fishing enthusiast
- fishing equipment
- fishing expedition
- fishing-expedition
- fishing fleet
- fishing gear
- fishing hole
- fishing industry
- fishing licence
- fishing line
- fishing-line
- fishing lodge
- fishing net
- fishing pole