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criminalizes

criminalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 criminalizes

What is criminalizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Criminalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of criminalize.

Words near criminalizes in the dictionary

  1. criminalizations
  2. criminalize
  3. criminalized
  4. criminalizer
  5. criminalizers
  6. criminalizes
  7. criminalizing
  8. criminall
  9. criminally
  10. criminalness
  11. criminaloid

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