| VERB | social | criminalise, outlaw, criminalize, illegalize, illegalise | declare illegal |
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| Meaning | declare illegal; outlaw. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | outlaw, criminalize, illegalize, illegalise | |
| Narrower | ban, censor | forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) |
| Broader | forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix | command against |
| Opposite | legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise | make legal |
| Spanish | criminalizar, ilegalizar, penalizar, proscribir | |
| Catalan | il·legalitzar, penalitzar, proscriure | |
| Nouns | crime | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
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