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criminalized

criminalized is the simple past and past participle of criminalize.

Meaning of criminalize

Verb

criminalize (third-person singular simple present criminalizes, present participle criminalizing, simple past and past participle criminalized)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
    • "Ag-gag laws criminalize undercover investigations by prohibiting one or more of three types of behavior: trespass, recording of videos, and failure to submit a video to law enforcement."2015, Gregg Barak, editor, The Routledge International Handbook of the Crimes of the Powerful
  2. (transitive) To treat as a criminal.

Questions about criminalized

What is criminalized the simple past and past participle of?
Criminalized is the simple past and past participle of criminalize.

Words near criminalized in the dictionary

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

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