criminalizing

/K R IH1 M AH0 N AH0 L AY0 Z IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.

  2. 2

    To treat as a criminal.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/criminalize, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/criminalizing