| NOUN | act | criminalization, criminalisation | legislation that makes something illegal |
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| Sounds | krih.mahnahlahzey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | legislation that makes something illegal. | |
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| Example | "the criminalization of marijuana" | |
| Synonym | criminalisation | |
| 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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