Recriminalize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Recriminalize is a verb meaning (transitive) To criminalize again; to make (something previously decriminalized) illegal again.
Meaning
(transitive) To criminalize again; to make (something previously decriminalized) illegal again.
Example Sentences
He looks at Rohit and recalls the rainbows on his cheeks as they walked through the streets when the country recriminalized homosexuality.
Word Forms
- recriminalizes
- recriminalizing
- recriminalized
- recriminalise
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include criminalize, relegalize, recrack, reinstitutionalize, recommercialize, re-stigmatize.
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