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CRIMINALISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does criminalisation mean?
• CRIMINALISATION (noun)
The noun CRIMINALISATION has 1 sense:
1. legislation that makes something illegal
Familiarity information: CRIMINALISATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Legislation that makes something illegal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
criminalisation; criminalization
Context example:
the criminalization of marijuana
Hypernyms ("criminalisation" is a kind of...):
lawmaking; legislating; legislation (the act of making or enacting laws)
Antonym:
decriminalisation (legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal)
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