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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

criminalisation en · NOUN

Etymology

From criminal + -isation or criminalise + -ation.

Meanings

  1. (UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalization.
    • “It is clear from our review that criminalisation of sex work normalises violence and reinforces gender, racial, economic and other inequalities. 2018 November 12, Sarah Boseley, “Criminalisation of sex work normalises violence, review finds”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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criminalisations Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

recriminalisation · decriminalisation