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recriminalized

recriminalized is the simple past and past participle of recriminalize.

Meaning of recriminalize

Verb

recriminalize (third-person singular simple present recriminalizes, present participle recriminalizing, simple past and past participle recriminalized)

  1. (transitive) To criminalize again; to make (something previously decriminalized) illegal again.
    • He looks at Rohit and recalls the rainbows on his cheeks as they walked through the streets when the country recriminalized homosexuality.2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 206

Questions about recriminalized

What is recriminalized the simple past and past participle of?
Recriminalized is the simple past and past participle of recriminalize.

Words near recriminalized in the dictionary

  1. recrews
  2. recriminalisation
  3. recriminalization
  4. recriminalizations
  5. recriminalize
  6. recriminalized
  7. recriminalizes
  8. recriminalizing
  9. recriminate
  10. recriminated
  11. recriminates

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