Used in a Sentence

criminalize

How to use criminalize in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for criminalize.

Editorial note

So far, rights holders have almost exclusively tried to criminalize their customers.

Examples12
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

treat as a criminal

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of criminalize gathered in one view.

verb

treat as a criminal

verb

declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for criminalize.

verb

treat as a criminal

Example sentences

1

So far, rights holders have almost exclusively tried to criminalize their customers.

2

It's great to criminalize college students sharing mix tapes or whatever, but the side effects are what's really frightening.

3

Can it be interpreted to criminalize things that Congress might not have intended to criminalize?

4

There are laws that criminalize even the "innocent possession" of child pornography.

5

The solution should be to change the system and the rules, not criminalize more people for doing something that is currently entirely legal.

6

"we understood we couldn't make it illegal to be young or poor or black in the United States, but we could criminalize their common pleasure.

7

Further, this is also why the federal government has no enumerated power to criminalize drugs, but states do based on their state constitutions.

8

Tax law can be used as a "politically correct" excuse to criminalize behavior that otherwise would be politically impossible to criminalize.

9

The original essay was written in 1990, his follow up was October, 2013 - he stands by everything he wrote in it, with the only change in his position is that he's no longer seeking to criminalize sexual activity between gay people.

10

Because once you start down that road of criminalization of proxies for bad acts, you end up with proxies for proxies, like when the city I lived in criminalized -- no joke -- possession of spray paint, marker pens, and other things by teens on public right-of-ways.

11

I can't fathom how an informed American can honestly argue that we should criminalize the act of typing a few words on your keyboard, and posting them on Facebook, when those words don't constitute an intentional and imminent threat to a specifically identified individual.

12

The anti-terrorism bill to which you refer does not simply criminalize political beliefs, as you imply; rather, it would have allowed prosecutions to raise federal terrorism charges for violent crimes if they met one 9 tests mostly having to do with deliberate attempts to disrupt commerce, target the US government explicitly, or involved people who were not US nationals.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use criminalize in a sentence?

So far, rights holders have almost exclusively tried to criminalize their customers.

What does criminalize mean?

treat as a criminal

What part of speech is criminalize?

criminalize is commonly used as verb.