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CRIMINALIZATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does criminalization mean?
• CRIMINALIZATION (noun)
The noun CRIMINALIZATION has 1 sense:
1. legislation that makes something illegal
Familiarity information: CRIMINALIZATION 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 ("criminalization" is a kind of...):
lawmaking; legislating; legislation (the act of making or enacting laws)
Antonym:
decriminalization (legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal)
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