{f} make illegal; outlaw, pronounce or declare illegal; declare a criminal; make a person become a criminal; treat a person as a criminal (also criminalise)
crimi·nal·ize criminalizes criminalizing criminalized in BRIT, also use criminalise If a government criminalizes an action or person, it officially declares that the action or the person's behaviour is illegal. There is no move to criminalise alcohol. to make something illegal, or to say that someone is a criminal because of something they have done decriminalize
{f} make illegal; outlaw, declare illegal; declare a criminal; pronounce illegal; make a person become a criminal, treat a person as a criminal (also criminalize)
{i} legislation that changes something to illegal, act of making a legal activity illegal; act of making a person become a criminal by making his/her activities illegal (also criminalisation)