illegalize
verbUK /ɪˈliːɡəlʌɪz/
Etymology From illegal + -ize or il- + legalize.
1
To make illegal; to prohibit by law, to criminalize.
- Only as recently as 1991 was the rape by a husband of his wife illegalised.2000, Lois Bibbings, Donald Nicolson, Feminist Perspectives on Criminal Law, page 111:
- A 1908 Act illegalised the teagle, a particularly nasty snare of baited hooks joined by strings which was put out to attract birds during hard weather.2002, David Evans, A History of Nature Conservation in Britain, page 47:
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- Although slavery had been illegalized by 1870, fundamental prejudice could not be legislated away.2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley, published 2014, page 41:
- Antonyms
- legalize
- Derived terms
- illegalization
- Related terms
- criminalize, outlaw