Meanings
verbrecriminalize (third-person singular simple present recriminalizes, present participle recriminalizing, simple past and past participle recriminalized)
present singular third person recriminalizes · participle present recriminalizing · participle past recriminalized · past recriminalized · alternative UK recriminalise
- transitiveTo criminalize again; to make (something previously decriminalized) illegal again.
He looks at Rohit and recalls the rainbows on his cheeks as they walked through the streets when the country recriminalized homosexuality.
2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 206
Origin
Translations
Catalan recriminalitzar
- recriminalitzarto make something be a crime
French recriminaliser
- recriminaliserto make something be a crime
Spanish recriminalizar
- recriminalizarto make something be a crime
Swedish återkriminalisera
- återkriminaliserato make something be a crime
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APA
recriminalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recriminalize
MLA
“recriminalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recriminalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recriminalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recriminalize.
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