illegalize en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɪˈliːɡəlʌɪz/ (UK)
Etymology
From illegal + -ize or il- + legalize.
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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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)