illegalize — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To make illegal; to prohibit by law, to criminalize.

   Related words

   criminalizeoutlaw

   Examples

   Only as recently as 1991 was the rape by a husband of his wife illegalised.

   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.

   More examples (1)

   Although slavery had been illegalized by 1870, fundamental prejudice could not be legislated away.

Verb

1. declare illegal; outlaw

   Synonyms

   outlawcriminalizecriminaliseillegalise

   Broader terms

   forbidprohibitinterdictproscribevetodisallownix

   Examples

   Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.