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n. - A law that makes something illegal.

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  • This war is called criminalisation and its perpetrators are governments we naively looked to to protect our rights.
  • The NGO, the Trust for Community Outreach and Education, says the tribunal may also consider the "criminalisation" of land dispossession and landlessness.
  • The moves have been attacked as part of an increasing 'criminalisation' of the middle-classes by the police.
  • They also contend that this policy diverts attention from the larger issues of electoral reform such as criminalisation of politics and inner party democracy.
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