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recriminalizing

recriminalizing is the present participle and gerund 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 recriminalizing

What is recriminalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Recriminalizing is the present participle and gerund of recriminalize.

Words near recriminalizing in the dictionary

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

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