illegalization
Outlawing an activity
Illegalization is the act or process of making something illegal.
The word appears in policy discussions and academic writing: the illegalization of certain drugs, the illegalization of abortion in several states.
The more common phrasing uses the verb: "making X illegal" rather than "the illegalization of X."
Authoritative legal ban
- banOfficial restriction on something
- statuteEnacted written rule
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
decree · edict · mandate · directive · enforcement · compliance · sanction · injunction
Formally charge with crime
- prosecuteBring criminal charges
- penalizeImpose a disadvantage for wrongdoing
- incriminateShow involvement in wrongdoing
- convictJailed offender after trial
sentence · arraign · incarceration · contraband · illicit · unlawful · forbidden · guilty
Fugitive from justice
- forbidDeclare not allowed
- proscribeOfficially forbid something
- interdictAuthoritative prohibition order
- suppressForcibly put an end to
censor · embargo · blockade · veto · bar · exclude · disallow · boycott
Constitutional alcohol ban era
- Eighteenth AmendmentConstitutional alcohol ban
- bootleggingIllegal alcohol production/sale
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
teetotalism · abstinence · prohibitionist · repeal · smuggling · rum-running · bathtub gin · dry laws
prohibition
Authoritative legal ban
- banOfficial restriction on something
- statuteEnacted written rule
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
ordinance · decree · edict · mandate · directive · enforcement · compliance · sanction · injunction · contravention
indict
Formally charge with crime
- prosecuteBring criminal charges
- penalizeImpose a disadvantage for wrongdoing
- incriminateShow involvement in wrongdoing
convict · sentence · arraign · incarceration · contraband · illicit · unlawful · forbidden · guilty · culpable
outlaw
Fugitive from justice
- forbidDeclare not allowed
- proscribeOfficially forbid something
- interdictAuthoritative prohibition order
suppress · censor · embargo · blockade · veto · bar · exclude · disallow · boycott · halt
Prohibition
Constitutional alcohol ban era
- Eighteenth AmendmentConstitutional alcohol ban
- bootleggingIllegal alcohol production/sale
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
moonshine · teetotalism · abstinence · prohibitionist · repeal · smuggling · rum-running · bathtub gin · dry laws
illegalizationlegalization
Making something lawful
decriminalization · authorization · legitimization · deregulation · sanctioning
illegalizationliberalization
Reducing state economic controls
legalization · tolerance · amnesty · normalization · decontrol
legal, illegal, legitimate, legalize, legally, illegally, illegible, legality, legislature