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Word parts change

criminal + -ise

Verb change

Plain form
criminalise

Third-person singular
criminalises

Past tense
criminalised

Past participle
criminalised

Present participle
criminalising

  1. (transitive) (law) If something is criminalised, it is made a crime.
    Advocates pushed for gun possession to be criminalised.

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