Meanings
verbrecriminalise (third-person singular simple present recriminalises, present participle recriminalising, simple past and past participle recriminalised)
present singular third person recriminalises · participle present recriminalising · participle past recriminalised · past recriminalised
- UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of recriminalize.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishcriminalise
- Englishrecriminalise
From re- + criminalise.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
recriminalise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recriminalise
MLA
“recriminalise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recriminalise. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recriminalise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recriminalise.
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