Synonyms for criminalize
ˈkrɪm ə nlˌaɪzcrim·i·nal·ize

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1. criminalizeverb

   treat as a criminal

   Synonyms:
   outlaw, illegalise, illegalize, criminalise

   Antonyms:
   decriminalize, legitimate, legalize, legitimatize, legitimize, legitimise, legalise, decriminalise, legitimatise

2. outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegaliseverb

   declare illegal; outlaw

   "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."

   Synonyms:
   outlaw, illegalise, illegalize, criminalise

   Antonyms:
   legitimatise, legitimate, legalize, decriminalise, decriminalize, legitimize, legalise, legitimatize, legitimise

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1. List of paraphrases for "criminalize":

   criminalise, incriminate, penalize, penalise, criminalizing, criminalising, punish

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1. John Fetterman:

   We're the party that doesn't want to criminalize things like marijuana, small-scale marijuana possessions. We don't want to criminalize. We want to get rid of cash bail where it's appropriate, so we don't criminalize poverty, we don't criminalize race.

2. Shekinah Love:

   People are getting kicked off the streets with nowhere to go, san Francisco needs a real solution to the issue of homelessness, not criminalize it.

3. David Milliband:

   Will you block attempts to criminalize our ability to engage with armed actors in the name of counter-terror restrictions? ... Will you seek and speak the truth no matter how powerful the state, how sensitive the topic, or how uncomfortable the question?

4. Catherine Murphy:

   There's a lot of misunderstanding about our proposal. What decriminalizing talks about is the laws that are used to criminalize adult consensual sex work, or selling of sex among consensual adults, it does not mean the removal of all laws that deal with exploitation, abuse, trafficking, involvement of children. Those laws are absolutely needed and are still absolutely relevant within a decriminalized system. We would never advocate for that, absolutely not.

5. John Bel Edwards:

   In addition to the fact that this legislation is patently unconstitutional, this bill would criminalize the use of certain types of contraception, as well as parts of the in vitro fertilization process, and it could even serve as a barrier to life-saving medical treatment for a woman who is suffering a miscarriage, to suggest that a woman would be jailed for an abortion is simply absurd.