criminalize
verb(British English also criminalise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they criminalize | |
| he / she / it criminalizes | |
| past simple criminalized | |
| past participle criminalized | |
| -ing form criminalizing |
- criminalize something
to make something illegal by passing a new law （通过新的法律）使不合法，使非法 - criminalize somebody
to make somebody a criminal by making their activities illegal 使成为罪犯 The law criminalized parents who took their children out of school to go on holiday. 法律将带孩子离开学校去度假的父母定为犯罪。