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illegalize en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɪˈliːɡəlʌɪz/ (UK)

Etymology

From illegal + -ize or il- + legalize.

Meanings

  1. To make illegal; to prohibit by law, to criminalize.
    • Only as recently as 1991 was the rape by a husband of his wife illegalised. 2000, Lois Bibbings, Donald Nicolson, Feminist Perspectives on Criminal Law, page 111:
    • A 1908 Act illegalised the teagle, a particularly nasty snare of baited hooks joined by strings which was put out to attract birds during hard weather. 2002, David Evans, A History of Nature Conservation in Britain, page 47:
    • Although slavery had been illegalized by 1870, fundamental prejudice could not be legislated away. 2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley, published 2014, page 41:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
illegalizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
illegalizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
illegalized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
illegalized Tense=Past lexicographic
illegalise alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

legalize

Deriveds

illegalization

Relateds

outlaw · criminalize

Translations (10)

es ilegalizar (Translations) · ja 不法化させる (Translations) · ja 不法化する (Translations) · pt ilegalizar (Translations) · gl ilegalizar (Translations) · ast illegalizar (Translations) · it illegalizzare (Translations) · fr illégaliser (Translations) · de illegalisieren (Translations) · ca il·legalitzar (Translations)