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criminalize

 
Verb criminalize has 2 senses
  1. criminalize - treat as a criminal
    --1 is one way to
    treat, handle, do by
    Derived form: noun criminal1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise - declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."
    --2 is one way to forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
    Antonyms: legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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