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recriminalize


verb (used with object), crim·i·nal·ized, crim·i·nal·iz·ing.

  1. to make punishable as a crime: To reduce the graffiti on subway cars, he wants to criminalize the selling of spray paint to minors.
  2. to make a criminal of: Drug use has criminalized him.

verb (tr)

  1. to make (an action or activity) criminal
  2. to treat (a person) as a criminal
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