criminalization
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- noun
- /ˌkrɪmɪnəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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criminalización
- Many activists argue against the criminalization of drug use, advocating for more compassionate approaches.
- support for criminalization
- criminalization of abortion
- criminalization of HIV
This guy, he has written in support of the criminalization of gay sex.
- This guy, he has written in support of the criminalization of gay sex.
- The fact is you can't end demand for things through criminalization.
- So at the international level, having clear standards, creating a deterrent effect through criminalization of child recruitment is is very important.
- And in the early Supreme Court case, that was the bit the way in which the court ultimately upheld the criminalization of private consensual behaviour.
- All of those fears are made worse by criminalization.
- I think it's very, it's very clear to me that mass criminalization beyond mass incarceration, mass criminalization is a racialized project.
Examples
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Perhaps fear of harassment and criminalization discouraged magico-religious workers from publicizing their practice.
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There have also been strong efforts to address safety, neighborhood relations, criminalization, and civil rights.
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I would rather not participate in the further criminalization of the weird or different.
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Far from preventing people from moving on to hard drugs, the criminalization of cannabis makes it more likely.
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The vast U.S. market for illegal drugs, coupled with U.S. policies of criminalization,
Academic text (1997) -
Thus, racialization and criminalization go hand in hand.
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Meanwhile, respect for the rule of law has been undermined by the criminalization of a number of harmless or minor activities.
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Perhaps the most widely covered constitutional clash in 2012 was the ongoing assault on the criminalization of marijuana.
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To the contrary, prohibition and criminalization of consumption have a net negative impact on everyone.
Blog text (10) -
The city has made the choice to use criminalization and sweeps as the answer to houselessness.
Synonyms
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4.4
An official rule that stops people from doing something
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Making something not allowed by law or officials
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6.7
Making something illegal by law or government decision
Antonyms
How Illegal
Surface Forms
Morphology
criminalization = criminalize (transparent) = criminal + ize + ation
Standard nominalization from the verb 'criminalize'; the process-of-making-illegal sense is directly derived.
Etymology
The word criminalization comes from criminal, based on crime, with the endings -ize meaning 'to make' and -ation meaning 'a process', just like in legalize. So criminalization is the process of 'making' something a 'crime', which is why it means making an activity illegal.