criminalization
About 0.18 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.
- noun The act of turning someone into a criminal by making their activities illegal.
Similar words
criminalisation decriminalization penalisation penalty crime punishment penalization penalize criminality punish
Often followed by
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