Some lobbies are trying to criminalize the BDS movement.
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Criminalize
Synonyms for "criminalize" (7 found)
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Verb(2 words)
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Related words (3)
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7 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- جَرَّمَ verb (to make something be a crime)
Catalan
2 entries- criminalitzar verb (to make something be a crime)
- criminalitzar verb (to treat as a criminal)
Finnish
4 entries- kohdella kuin rikollista verb (to treat as a criminal)
- kriminalisoida verb (to make something be a crime)
- leimata rikolliseksi verb (to treat as a criminal)
- tehdä laittomaksi verb (to make something be a crime)
French
2 entries- criminaliser verb (to make something be a crime)
- criminaliser verb (to treat as a criminal)
Galician
4 entries- criminalizar verb (to treat as a criminal)
- ilegalizar verb (to make something be a crime)
- penalizar verb (to make something be a crime)
- prohibir verb (to make something be a crime)
German
1 entries- kriminalisieren verb (to treat as a criminal)
Greek
1 entries- ποινικοποιώ verb (to make something be a crime)
Hebrew
1 entries- הוציא מחוץ לחוק verb (to make something be a crime)
Italian
2 entries- criminalizzare verb (to make something be a crime)
- criminalizzare verb (to treat as a criminal)
Japanese
2 entries- 犯罪化する verb (to make something be a crime)
- 犯罪視する verb (to make something be a crime)
Portuguese
2 entries- criminalizar verb (to make something be a crime)
- criminalizar verb (to treat as a criminal)
Romanian
1 entries- criminaliza verb (to make something be a crime)
Russian
1 entries- криминализова́ть verb (to make something be a crime)
Spanish
4 entries- criminalizar verb (to treat as a criminal)
- ilegalizar verb (to make something be a crime)
- penalizar verb (to make something be a crime)
- prohibir verb (to make something be a crime)
Swedish
1 entries- kriminalisera verb (to make something be a crime)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
In the 1970s, the Algerian government attempted to criminalize Berber.
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Arab countries have to criminalize child marriage.
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It is very good that governments criminalize rebellion and revolt, but it is very bad that most of their measures tend to make such crimes appear virtuous.
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