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criminalizing

criminalizing is the present participle and gerund 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 criminalizing

What is criminalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Criminalizing is the present participle and gerund of criminalize.

Words near criminalizing in the dictionary

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

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