Meaning

1 senses

  1. To criminalize again; to make (something previously decriminalized) illegal again.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Stalin recriminalized homosexuality and called gay men "pederasts," similar to the modern Republican slur "groomer."

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From re- + criminalize.

From re- + criminalize.

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Forms

recriminalizes, recriminalizing, recriminalized, recriminalized
Base formrecriminalize · to recriminalize
3rd person singularrecriminalizes
Present participlerecriminalizing
Past simplerecriminalized
Past participlerecriminalized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrecriminalize
he, she, itrecriminalizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsrecriminalized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave recriminalized
he, she, ithas recriminalized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill recriminalize

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
recoveryB1recreaterecreationB2recreationalrecruitB2recruitmentrectal
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