criminalize
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
treat as a criminal
Types & categories
- treat hypernym
Related & opposite
- crook derivation
Sense 2 verb
declare illegal; outlaw
Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- legitimate antonym
- crime derivation
- outlawry derivation
- crook derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crook |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | treat |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | legitimate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crime |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | outlawry |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crook |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | nix |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ban |