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. 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.

2. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan:

   We're going to criminalize certain activities in this next year to reflect the seriousness that we're going to take on certain behaviors.

3. Nancy Pelosi:

   House Republicans are doubling down on an extreme MAGA agenda: to criminalize women’s health care, to slash seniors’ Medicare (including with the repeal of the lower drug prices for seniors in the Inflation Reduction Act), and to attack our democracy.

4. 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.

5. Ezekiel Mutua:

   We are now coming to a crackdown, we are starting raids and it's not because we want to criminalize creativity. It's because there are bad apples within the industry.