criminalization

/หŒkษนษชmษชnษ™laษชzหˆeษชสƒษ™n/

IPA: /K R IH0 M AH0 N AH0 L AH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.

  2. 2

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

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/criminalization