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illegalizing

illegalizing is the present participle and gerund of illegalize.

Meaning of illegalize

Verb

illegalize (third-person singular simple present illegalizes, present participle illegalizing, simple past and past participle illegalized)

  1. To make illegal; to prohibit by law, to criminalize.
    • Only as recently as 1991 was the rape by a husband of his wife illegalised.2000, Lois Bibbings, Donald Nicolson, Feminist Perspectives on Criminal Law, page 111

Questions about illegalizing

What is illegalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Illegalizing is the present participle and gerund of illegalize.

Words near illegalizing in the dictionary

  1. illegalization
  2. illegalizations
  3. illegalize
  4. illegalized
  5. illegalizes
  6. illegalizing
  7. illegall
  8. illegally
  9. illegalness
  10. illegals
  11. illegibilities

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