Synonyms for criminalization
crim·i·nal·iza·tion

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1. criminalizationnoun

   Antonyms:
   decriminalization

2. criminalizationnoun

   Antonyms:
   decriminalization

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1. criminalization, criminalisationnoun

   legislation that makes something illegal

   "the criminalization of marijuana"

   Synonyms:
   criminalisation

   Antonyms:
   decriminalisation, decriminalization

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1. List of paraphrases for "criminalization":

   criminalisation, criminalizing, penalization, incrimination, criminality, penalisation, penalty, jeopardy, penalizing

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1. Doug Berman:

   This case itself won't change things, but it's the first of many that starts to chip away at the idea that criminalization is the way to address problematic substance abuse, the courts haven't kept up with the science itself. It's time.

2. Maryanne Kaishian:

   Social distancing is absolutely a critical measure, but our knee-jerk reaction to problems as a society tends to be criminalization, and it's just not the answer, especially here, marginalized people will be the most impacted, because we know based on years of data that other low-level offenses disproportionately target black and low-income people.

3. Carol Anderson:

   But for a Black person to do that, somehow that's criminal. So you have the criminalization of Blackness coursing through this thing.

4. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins:

   My forefathers and mothers died for us to have the opportunity to vote, I cannot participate in voter intimidation and voter criminalization, we were told in 2020 some of the safest elections occurred across this country, so I will not participate in destroying things that I believe are ok.

5. Ric Grenell:

   I want them to understand that you can not put someone in jail or kill someone for simply being gay, this is the first standalone meeting on the de-criminalization of homosexuality sponsored by Ric Grenell. So what we are trying to do is unite around something that is absolutely a uniting issue, which is the decriminalization of homosexuality.