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criminalizable

criminalizable adjective: capable of being criminalized.

Adjective

criminalizable (comparative more criminalizable, superlative most criminalizable)

  1. Capable of being criminalized.
    • Farmer highlights the fact that the reasons why causing offence is (or is not) deemed criminalizable are often historically specific, and follows Duff in counselling against attempts to ground criminalization in some 'master principle'[…]2011, Rowan Cruft, Matthew H. Kramer, Mark R. Reiff, Crime, Punishment, and Responsibility, page 16

Forms of criminalizable

comparativemore criminalizable
superlativemost criminalizable

Origin of criminalizable

From criminalize + -able.

Questions about criminalizable

What does criminalizable mean?
Criminalizable means capable of being criminalized.
What part of speech is criminalizable?
Criminalizable is an adjective.

Words near criminalizable in the dictionary

  1. criminalisticians
  2. criminalistics
  3. criminalists
  4. criminalities
  5. criminality
  6. criminalizable
  7. criminalization
  8. criminalizations
  9. criminalize
  10. criminalized
  11. criminalizer

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