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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. legislation that makes something illegal;
- Example: "the criminalization of marijuana"
[syn: criminalization, criminalisation]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

criminalization
    n 1: legislation that makes something illegal; "the
         criminalization of marijuana" [syn: criminalization,
         criminalisation] [ant: decriminalisation,
         decriminalization]