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. 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.

2. John Fetterman:

   We have a mental health crisis in our country, and you have these pharmaceuticals that have all of these side effects and have all these other externalities, and here, you know, like I applaud Oregon for the step they took this last election, you know, decriminalizing small amounts of drugs, and realizing you can’t arrest your way out of addiction. … If you criminalize addiction, you have what we have, and that is one of the core tenants of mass incarceration.

3. 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.

4. Devon Jerome Crawford:

   Mayor Rahm Emanuel is implicated in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, this killing indicates the detachment of city leaders from the plight of black, teenage youth on the South Side of Chicago and a willingness by the city to criminalize blackness as opposed to reforming structural inequality.

5. Sam Kamin:

   The problem for Oklahoma and Nebraska is explaining to the court what they want at the end of the day, what they really want is for Colorado to criminalize and enforce laws against marijuana, and that is something they can't force Colorado to do.