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criminalizations

criminalizations is the plural of criminalization.

Meaning of criminalization

Noun

criminalization (countable and uncountable, plural criminalizations)

  1. The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.
    • And of course, s/m players who participate in breath play will also be more vulnerable to criminalization under such a new law.2014, Ummni Khan, Vicarious Kinks: S/M in the Socio-Legal Imaginary, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN
  2. The act of turning someone into a criminal by making their activities illegal.

Questions about criminalizations

What is criminalizations the plural of?
Criminalizations is the plural of criminalization.

Words near criminalizations in the dictionary

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

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