criminalization

English

/ˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/

noun
Definitions
  • The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.
  • The act of turning someone into a criminal by making their activities illegal.

Etymology

Suffix from English criminal, criminalize root from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

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Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

Gloss

separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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