illegalizing
Making something prohibited
Illegalizing is making something illegal—the act of prohibiting by law what was previously permitted or unregulated.
The committee debated illegalizing certain pesticides.
The opposite of legalizing, though criminalizing is often preferred when the focus is on attaching criminal penalties.
Making legally forbidden
- banningOfficially prohibiting something
- forbiddingIntimidatingly stern or hostile
- proscribingOfficially forbidding something
- prohibitingMaking something illegal
interdicting · criminalizing · deeming · denouncing · condemning · suppressing · disallowing · vetoing
Pursuing criminal charges
- policingEnforcing laws officially
- cracking downEnforcing more strictly
- raidingSudden attack for plunder
- seizingTaking forcible possession
confiscating · arresting · detaining · penalizing · fining · sentencing · imprisoning · incarcerating
Reducing in extent
- limitingPlacing restrictions upon
- constrainingImposing limits upon
- controllingExerting authority over others
- curbingLimiting or restraining
blocking · barring · preventing · impeding · obstructing · hindering · stifling · tightening
Making into law
- legislatingCreating binding public rules
- codifyingConverting into systematic code
- ratifyingFormally validating an agreement
- decreeingIssuing authoritative orders
mandating · regulating · statutorily · constitutionally · amending · repealing · revoking · nullifying
outlawing
Making legally forbidden
- banningOfficially prohibiting something
- forbiddingIntimidatingly stern or hostile
- proscribingOfficially forbidding something
prohibiting · interdicting · criminalizing · deeming · denouncing · condemning · suppressing · disallowing · vetoing · embargoing
prosecuting
Pursuing criminal charges
- policingEnforcing laws officially
- cracking downEnforcing more strictly
- raidingSudden attack for plunder
seizing · confiscating · arresting · detaining · penalizing · fining · sentencing · imprisoning · incarcerating · punishing
curtailing
Reducing in extent
- limitingPlacing restrictions upon
- constrainingImposing limits upon
- controllingExerting authority over others
curbing · blocking · barring · preventing · impeding · obstructing · hindering · stifling · tightening · narrowing
enacting
Making into law
- legislatingCreating binding public rules
- codifyingConverting into systematic code
- ratifyingFormally validating an agreement
decreeing · mandating · regulating · statutorily · constitutionally · amending · repealing · revoking · nullifying · invalidating
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Making permissible by statute
decriminalizing · unbanning · decriminalising · legitimizing · permitting
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Making permissible by statute
permitting · liberalizing · freeing · decontrolling · normalizing
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