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recriminalizes

recriminalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 recriminalizes

What is recriminalizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Recriminalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of recriminalize.

Words near recriminalizes in the dictionary

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

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