recriminalize

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ criminalize.

Verb

recriminalize (third-person singular simple present recriminalizes, present participle recriminalizing, simple past and past participle recriminalized)

  1. (transitive) To criminalize again; to make (something previously decriminalized) illegal again.
    • 2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 206:
      He looks at Rohit and recalls the rainbows on his cheeks as they walked through the streets when the country recriminalized homosexuality.

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