illegalize

illegalize

English

Alternative forms

• illegalise

Etymology

illegal +‎ -ize or il- +‎ legalize

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈliːɡəlʌɪz/

Verb

illegalize (third-person singular simple present illegalizes, present participle illegalizing, simple past and past participle illegalized)

1. To make illegal; to prohibit by law, to criminalize. [from 19th c.]
   • 2000, Lois Bibbings, Donald Nicolson, Feminist Perspectives on Criminal Law, p. 111:

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

   • 2002, David Evans, A History of Nature Conservation in Britain, p. 47:

     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.

   • 2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley 2014, p. 41:

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

Antonyms

• legalize

Derived terms

• illegalization

Translations

Asturian: illegalizar Catalan: il·legalitzar (ca) French: illégaliser (fr) Galician: ilegalizar German: illegalisieren Italian: illegalizzare Japanese: 不法化する (ふほうかする, fuhōka-suru), 不法化させる (fuhōka-saseru) Portuguese: ilegalizar (pt) Spanish: ilegalizar (es)

See also

• criminalize
• outlaw