criminalisation

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criminalisation

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

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From criminal + -isation or criminalise + -ation.

noun criminalisations

  1. UK, countable, nonstandard, uncountable Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalization “It is clear from our review that criminalisation of sex work normalises violence and reinforces gender, racial, economic and other inequalities.

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@misc{criminalisation_2026,
  title = {criminalisation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/criminalisation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}