criminalization

• criminalisation (chiefly UK)

From criminal +‎ -ization or criminalize +‎ -ation.

• enPR: krĭ"mĭnəlīzā'shən, IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/

criminalization (countable and uncountable, plural criminalizations)

1. The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.
   • 2014, Ummni Khan, Vicarious Kinks: S/M in the Socio-Legal Imaginary‎^[1], University of Toronto Press, →ISBN:

     And of course, s/m players who participate in breath play will also be more vulnerable to criminalization under such a new law.

2. The act of turning someone into a criminal by making their activities illegal.

• decriminalization

• legal reclassification

• felonization
• misdemeanorization