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Verb: criminalise  'kri-mi-nu,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: criminalize)
  1. Declare illegal; ban
    "Marijuana is criminalised in the U.S.";
    - outlaw, criminalize, illegalize, illegalise [Brit]
     
  2. Treat as a criminal
    "The new law criminalised the possession of certain substances";
    - criminalize

Derived forms: criminalising, criminalises, criminalised

Type of: disallow, do by [Brit], forbid, handle, interdict, nix [N. Amer, informal], prohibit, proscribe, treat, veto

Encyclopedia: Criminalise