| NOUN | act | criminalisation, criminalization | legislation that makes something illegal |
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| Meaning | legislation that makes something illegal. | |
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| Synonym | criminalization | |
| Broader | legislation, legislating, lawmaking | The act of making or enacting laws |
| Opposite | decriminalization, decriminalisation | legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal |
| Spanish | criminalización | |
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