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What does criminalize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word criminalize? Here's what it means.

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  1. (transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
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I wish they would criminalize alcohol so I could listen to these juiceheads whine!
For people in the countryside, new laws such as those governing access to game or forests could criminalize what had been everyday activity.
The vaguely worded bills seek to criminalize safe and common abortion procedures throughout pregnancy.
This is an extremely wide provision designed to criminalize those who help a thief or a receiver.
Ultimately, the issue is larger than the welter of provisions some say would criminalize youth.
The penal code does not criminalize such conduct, and would be clearly unconstitutional if it did.

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