Akademik

criminalize
verb
1. treat as a criminal
• Derivationally related forms: ↑criminal
• Hypernyms: ↑treat, ↑handle, ↑do by
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

2. declare illegal; outlaw
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Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.

• Syn: ↑outlaw, ↑criminalise, ↑illegalize, ↑illegalise
• Ant: ↑decriminalise (for: ↑criminalise), ↑decriminalize, ↑legalize (for: ↑outlaw)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑crime (for: ↑criminalise), ↑outlawry (for: ↑outlaw), ↑outlaw (for: ↑outlaw)
• Hypernyms:
↑forbid, ↑prohibit, ↑interdict, ↑proscribe, ↑veto, ↑disallow, ↑nix
• Hyponyms: ↑ban, ↑censor
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something


Useful english dictionary. 2012.