Synonyms for criminalization

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1. criminalization, criminalisation(noun)

   legislation that makes something illegal

   "the criminalization of marijuana"

   Synonyms:
   criminalisation

   Antonyms:
   decriminalisation, decriminalization

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1. criminalization(noun)

   Antonyms:
   decriminalization

2. criminalization(noun)

   Antonyms:
   decriminalization

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1. List of paraphrases:

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

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How to use criminalization in a sentence?

1. Jose Maria Aranaz:

   We are very worried about this instrumentalization of the judiciary and the continued criminalization of civil society.

2. Mike Huckabee:

   We are moving rapidly toward the criminalization of Christianity.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Muleya Mwananyanda:

   These women are victims of an escalating crackdown on the right to freedom of expression and criminalization of dissent. Instead of persecuting them, the Zimbabwean authorities should focus their efforts on holding those suspected to be responsible for their horrifying abduction, torture and sexual assault to account.

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