criminalizable

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adjective

Capable of being criminalized.

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Meanings

adjectivecriminalizable (comparative more criminalizable, superlative most criminalizable)

comparative more criminalizable · superlative most criminalizable

  1. Capable of being criminalized.

    Farmer highlights the fact that the reasons why causing offence is (or is not) deemed criminalizable are often historically specific, and follows Duff in counselling against attempts to ground criminalization in some 'master principle'[…]

    2011, Rowan Cruft, Matthew H. Kramer, Mark R. Reiff, Crime, Punishment, and Responsibility, page 16

Origin

From criminalize + -able.

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Cite this entry
APA

criminalizable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/criminalizable

MLA

“criminalizable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/criminalizable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “criminalizable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/criminalizable.

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