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criminalize

verb

Definition of CRIMINALIZE

to make or declare contrary to the law <wanted to criminalize an activity that the mountaineers had been engaging in for generations>

Synonyms criminalize, outlaw

Related Words ban, bar, enjoin, forbid, interdict, prohibit, proscribe

Near Antonyms allow, let, permit, suffer; approve, endorse (also indorse), sanction

Antonyms decriminalize, legalize

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