verb
Meaning 1
To make illegal; to prohibit by law, to criminalize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
illegalize
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UK: /ɪˈliːɡəlʌɪz/
verb
Meaning 2
declare illegal; outlaw
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix
Narrower terms: ban, censor
History
Etymology
From illegal + -ize or il- + legalize.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: illegalizar — Translations
- Catalan: il·legalitzar — Translations
- French: illégaliser — Translations
- Galician: ilegalizar — Translations
- German: illegalisieren — Translations
- Italian: illegalizzare — Translations
- Japanese: 不法化する (fuhōka-suru) — Translations
- Japanese: 不法化させる (fuhōka-saseru) — Translations
- Portuguese: ilegalizar — Translations
- Spanish: ilegalizar — Translations