criminalize meaning
ENWCriminalize
- VerbSGcriminalizesPRcriminalizingPT, PPcriminalizedSUF-ize
- (transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
- (transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
Definition of criminalize in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Morphemes
- Suffixes
- Words by suffix
- Words suffixed with -ize
- Words suffixed with -ize
- Words by suffix
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "criminalize" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.