crim·i·nal·ize (also criminalise British English) /ˈkrɪmənəl-aɪz/ verb [transitiveT]
SCLto make something illegal, or to say that someone is a criminal because of something they have done 立法禁止,使不合法,刑事化;宣告〔某人〕有罪OPP decriminalize
The government has introduced new legislation to criminalize computer hacking.
政府推行了新的法规把非法侵入计算机列为犯罪行为。
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criminalize• Campaignfinancereform, then, should not simply criminalize a few activities at the edges.• It's the only way they can go around harassing and criminalizing black kids and think they're doing a good job.• However, opponents charge that the new Internetregulations amount to unconstitutionalcensorship that would criminalizeexpressionprotected by the First Amendment.• Government itself was rarely the activeinitiator in the move to criminalize immorality.• By criminalizing physician-assisted suicide, the Supreme Court has driven a criminal wedge between the dying and their doctors.• In 1937, the U.S. government criminalized the use of marijuana.