criminalisation

English

Etymology

From criminal +‎ -isation or criminalise +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

criminalisation (countable and uncountable, plural criminalisations)

  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalization.
    • 2018 December 11, Sarah Boseley, “Criminalisation of sex work normalises violence, review finds”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      “It is clear from our review that criminalisation of sex work normalises violence and reinforces gender, racial, economic and other inequalities.

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

criminalisation f (plural criminalisations)

  1. criminalization
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.