Overcriminalization

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive criminalizing: making too many things criminal. uncountable

    "This short article explains how the present American overcriminalization violates biblical principles of justice."

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"This short article explains how the present American overcriminalization violates biblical principles of justice."

Etymology

From over- + criminalize + -ation.

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