criminalisation

Noun

Meaning

legislation that makes something illegal

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

criminalization penalty disadvantage offence indictment prosecute criminality criminalize lawmaking decriminalization penalise criminalise incrimination penalisation penalization
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Antonyms

decriminalisation award money capital benefit assistance
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Hypernyms

legislation lawmaking legislating

Examples

the criminalization of marijuana Source: Internet

At the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, Indonesia, along with India, Turkey, Pakistan and some South American countries opposed the criminalisation of drugs. citation Taiwan Taiwan treats the smoke and wine as legal entertainment drug. Source: Internet

A second option is for partial criminalisation in terms of which the buying of sex would be a criminal offence, but those who sell sex would be decriminalised. Source: Internet

Incorporating smuggling crimes in immigration laws severs the link between smuggling and organised crime, encouraging criminalisation of the migrant rather than the smuggler. Source: Internet

Only then can we get out of the vicious cycle of poor service delivery, corruption, criminalisation, mistrust, erosion of legitimacy of authority and perpetual low-middle-income status. Source: Internet

The Portfolio Committee on Communications will hold public hearings at Parliament to look into the criminalisation of revenge porn, a new criminal offence in the Films and Publications Act Amendment Bill. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

criminaldom criminalese criminaless criminalise criminalish criminalism