criminalise

Verb

Meaning

declare illegal; outlaw

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

outlaw criminalize illegalize illegalise black avoid block bar ban boycott forbid curb avert banish debar

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Antonyms

decriminalise benefit finance legitimate reward pardon

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Hypernyms

nix veto prohibit forbid disallow interdict

Hyponyms

ban censor

Examples

You look at any culture, and prohibition has invariably been an unmitigated failure. It is just idiotic to criminalise any substance, I think. Rhys Ifans

Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S. Source: Internet

Much of the law is considered to be tailor-made to target and criminalise those leading the protests. Source: Internet

In July 2011, the government proposed new anti-corruption laws to criminalise embezzlement, influence peddling and graft, following numerous instances of the theft of public money. Source: Internet

Amid the continuing moral panic over homosexuality in Egypt, a draft law submitted to parliament proposes not only to criminalise gay sex but also to ban rainbow flags and outlaw almost any kind of social activity involving gay people. Source: Internet

A Conservative grandee has opposed a bill to criminalise ‘upskirting’, provoking a roar of despair in the Commons today. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

criminalese criminaless criminalisation criminalish criminalism criminalist