English > criminalize: 2 senses > verb 2, social| Meaning | declare illegal; outlaw. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Example | "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S." |
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| Synonyms | outlaw, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise |
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| Narrower | ban, censor | forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) |
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| Broader | forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix | command against |
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| Opposite | legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise | make legal |
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| Spanish | criminalizar, ilegalizar, penalizar, proscribir |
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| Catalan | il·legalitzar, penalitzar, proscriure |
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