- criminalize - treat as a criminal
--1 is one way to treat, handle, do by
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun criminal1
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise - declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."
--2 is one way to forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
Antonyms: legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something