What does criminalise mean?
Criminalise means Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalize..
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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalize..
As soon as it was suggested that it was considering the Swedish model – in which men are criminalised for buying sex, but the women working in prostitution are decriminalised – a slew of prominent male columnists started arguing against this infringement on a man's right to purchase a woman's body.
Thailand has dropped legislation to criminalise torture and disappearances after years of working on the bill, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday, leaving state employees unaccountable for serious crimes.
Section 377A, which was introduced under British colonial rule, criminalises “any act of gross indecency with another male person”. The law carries a sentence of up to two years in prison, though it is not believed to have been enforced for more than a decade.
The chilling effects of criminalising exploratory conversations between a therapist and a young person that could be perceived as denying their identity will only make the holistic therapy recognised as critical by the Cass review even harder to access.
Use criminalise when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Criminalise means Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalize..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include decriminalise.
As soon as it was suggested that it was considering the Swedish model – in which men are criminalised for buying sex, but the women working in prostitution are decriminalised – a slew of prominent male columnists started arguing against this infringement on a man's right to purchase a woman's body.
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