Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to criminalize
Participle: criminalized
Gerund: criminalizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | criminalize |
| you | criminalize |
| he;she;it | criminalizes |
| we | criminalize |
| you | criminalize |
| they | criminalize |
Perfect
| I | have criminalized |
| you | have criminalized |
| he;she;it | has criminalized |
| we | have criminalized |
| you | have criminalized |
| they | have criminalized |
Past
| I | criminalized |
| you | criminalized |
| he;she;it | criminalized |
| we | criminalized |
| you | criminalized |
| they | criminalized |
Pluperfect
| I | had criminalized |
| you | had criminalized |
| he;she;it | had criminalized |
| we | had criminalized |
| you | had criminalized |
| they | had criminalized |
Future
| I | will criminalize |
| you | will criminalize |
| he;she;it | will criminalize |
| we | will criminalize |
| you | will criminalize |
| they | will criminalize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have criminalized |
| you | will have criminalized |
| he;she;it | will have criminalized |
| we | will have criminalized |
| you | will have criminalized |
| they | will have criminalized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | criminalize |
| you | criminalize |
| he;she;it | criminalize |
| we | criminalize |
| you | criminalize |
| they | criminalize |
Perfect
| I | have criminalized |
| you | have criminalized |
| he;she;it | have criminalized |
| we | have criminalized |
| you | have criminalized |
| they | have criminalized |
Imperfect
| I | criminalized |
| you | criminalized |
| he;she;it | criminalized |
| we | criminalized |
| you | criminalized |
| they | criminalized |
Pluperfect
| I | had criminalized |
| you | had criminalized |
| he;she;it | had criminalized |
| we | had criminalized |
| you | had criminalized |
| they | had criminalized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would criminalize |
| you | would criminalize |
| he;she;it | would criminalize |
| we | would criminalize |
| you | would criminalize |
| they | would criminalize |
Perfect
| I | would have criminalized |
| you | would have criminalized |
| he;she;it | would have criminalized |
| we | would have criminalized |
| you | would have criminalized |
| they | would have criminalized |
Imperative
| you | criminalize |
| we | Let's criminalize |
| you | criminalize |
Verbs conjugated like 'criminalize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'criminalize'
criminalise,
decriminalize,
recriminalize,
cardinalize,
chemicalize,
clinicalize,
communalize,
criminate,
decriminalise,
nominalize,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English criminal
3. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
5. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
6. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
7. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
8. Late Latin -izōder.
9. Middle French -iserbor.
10. Middle English -isen
11. English -ize
12. English criminalize
13. From criminal + -ize.
Verbs referencing "criminalize"
Finnish with old forms
kriminalisoida.
Sample Sentences
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"Ag-gag laws criminalize undercover investigations by prohibiting one or more of three types of behavior: trespass, recording of videos, and failure to submit a video to law enforcement." [2015, Gregg Barak, editor, The Routledge International Handbook of the Crimes of the Powerful:]
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The Nixon campaign in 1968[…] had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. […] [B]y getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. [2016 April 1, Dan Baum, quoting John Ehrlichman, “Legalize It All”, in Harper's Magazine:]
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Advocates for homeless people, the American Psychiatric Association and several left-leaning states, including New York, Illinois and Minnesota, argue that criminalizing homelessness only worsens the problem. [2024 April 22, Shawn Hubler, “Homelessness Case Draws Unusual Alliances: Conservatives and California Democrats”, in The New York Times:]
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A group of homeless residents sued the city, challenging the ordinances and contending that the local laws essentially criminalized homelessness. [2024 June 28, Abbie VanSickle, “Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Sleeping Outdoors in Homelessness Case”, in The New York Times:]
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Italy passed a law on Wednesday that criminalizes seeking surrogacy abroad, a move the country’s conservative government said would protect women’s dignity, while critics see it as yet another crackdown by the government on L.G.B.T. families, as the law will make it virtually impossible for gay fathers to have children. [2024 October 16, Emma Bubela, “Italy Criminalizes Surrogacy From Abroad, a Blow to Gay and Infertile Couples”, in The New York Times:]