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CRIMINALISATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Legislation that makes something illegal

Example:

the criminalization of marijuana

Synonyms:

criminalisation; criminalization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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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