criminalises
Renders legally prohibited
Criminalises is the British spelling of criminalizes, meaning to make something illegal or to treat someone as a criminal.
Laws criminalise certain behaviors: The new legislation criminalises the possession of certain weapons.
The word often appears in debates about whether prohibition helps or harms: Criminalising drug use pushes addicts away from treatment.
Make unlawful by statute
- outlawFugitive from justice
- banOfficial restriction on something
- proscribeOfficially forbid something
- enactPass into law
legislate · statute · regulation · ordinance · decree · mandate · directive · amendment
Declare not allowed
- restrictTo impose limits upon
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- interdictAuthoritative prohibition order
veto · bar · blockade · clampdown · curtail · prohibit · enjoin · quash
Confinement in jail
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
- finesMonetary sanctions or particles
- detentionTemporary official holding
probation · parole · custody · imprisonment · prosecution · conviction · jail · prison
Study of right conduct
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- sinViolation of divine law
- wrongdoingUnethical or illegal action
- conscienceInternal moral sense
immorality · righteousness · guilt · shame · vice · reprehensible · dishonor · condemnation
Relegation to powerless periphery
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
- devianceDeparture from accepted standards
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
exclusion · profiling · prejudice · stereotype · alienation · disenfranchisement · othering · branding
illegalize
Make unlawful by statute
enact · legislate · statute · regulation · ordinance · decree · mandate · directive · amendment · ratification
forbid
Declare not allowed
interdict · veto · bar · blockade · clampdown · curtail · prohibit · enjoin · quash · halt
incarceration
Confinement in jail
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
- finesMonetary sanctions or particles
detention · probation · parole · custody · imprisonment · prosecution · conviction · jail · prison · charges
ethics
Study of right conduct
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- sinViolation of divine law
- wrongdoingUnethical or illegal action
conscience · immorality · righteousness · guilt · shame · vice · reprehensible · dishonor · condemnation · scruples
marginalization
Relegation to powerless periphery
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
- devianceDeparture from accepted standards
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
discrimination · exclusion · profiling · prejudice · stereotype · alienation · disenfranchisement · othering · branding · targeting
criminalisesdecriminalises
Removes criminal penalties from
legalises · decriminalizing · legalizing · decriminalizes · legalizes
criminalisesnormalises
Makes standard or typical
legitimises · endorses · condones · accepts · approves
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