recriminalizing
Making illegal once more
Recriminalizing is making something illegal again after a period of decriminalization or legalization.
The term appears most often in debates about drug policy, sex work, or other activities whose legal status has shifted: Some lawmakers are pushing for recriminalizing marijuana possession.
The noun is recriminalization.
Authoritative legal ban
- reversalComplete change of direction
- amendmentChange to official text
- statuteEnacted written rule
- repealAnnul a statute
enactment · lawmakers · parliament · bill · vote · policy · reform · criminalization
Psychoactive hemp plant
- cannabisPsychoactive hemp plant
- drugsTherapeutic chemical compounds
- possessionState of owning
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
narcotics · psychedelics · psilocybin · kratom · khat · coca · opium · paraphernalia
Disagreement with authority
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- assemblyConstructing from components
- speechOral communication ability
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
whistleblowing · activism · opposition · sedition · subversion · censorship · authoritarianism · regression
Ending a pregnancy
- sodomyCriminalized sexual act
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
prostitution · homosexuality · contraception · obscenity · euthanasia · fornication · cohabitation · indecency
Lacking permanent residence
- vagrancyOffense of rootless wandering
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
- squattingLow crouch position
- loiteringPurposeless public lingering
jaywalking · poverty · marginalization · survival · encampment · panhandling · trespass · scavenging
prohibition
Authoritative legal ban
repeal · enactment · lawmakers · parliament · bill · vote · policy · reform · criminalization · law
marijuana
Psychoactive hemp plant
- cannabisPsychoactive hemp plant
- drugsTherapeutic chemical compounds
- possessionState of owning
trafficking · narcotics · psychedelics · psilocybin · kratom · khat · coca · opium · paraphernalia · dispensaries
dissent
Disagreement with authority
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- assemblyConstructing from components
- speechOral communication ability
journalism · whistleblowing · activism · opposition · sedition · subversion · censorship · authoritarianism · regression · repression
abortion
Ending a pregnancy
- sodomyCriminalized sexual act
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
apostasy · prostitution · homosexuality · contraception · obscenity · euthanasia · fornication · cohabitation · indecency · vice
homelessness
Lacking permanent residence
- vagrancyOffense of rootless wandering
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
- squattingLow crouch position
loitering · jaywalking · poverty · marginalization · survival · encampment · panhandling · trespass · scavenging
recriminalizinglegalizing
Making permissible by statute
decriminalizing · deregulating · permitting · legitimizing · liberalizing
recriminalizingnormalizing
Making conform to norms
mainstreaming · destigmatizing · accepting · embracing · harm reduction
crime, criminal, criminality, incriminate, incrimination, recrimination, incriminating, criminologist, decriminalize