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to make or declare contrary to the law
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Recent Examples of criminalized
Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
The delayed care occurred in the aftermath of a new state law that criminalized performing the procedure to remove fetal tissue from the uterus with few exceptions, legislation that reproductive-rights advocates said could scare away doctors from performing the surgery for fear of prosecution.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
The pope, however, has not called for the practice to be criminalized and a 2023 Vatican doctrinal ruling pointed out that children born through surrogacy can be baptized.
—Antonia Mortensen, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
The bill extends an original ban put in place in 2004 which criminalized commercial surrogacy within Italy.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2024
The Israeli government has jailed Palestinian poets for posting poems to Facebook, and criminalized prominent human rights organizations.
—Stefanie Fox, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Suffering from a grave infection, the 28-year-old medical assistant and single mother needed a procedure that had been criminalized in Georgia, with few exceptions.
—Alexandra Zayas, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
But Congress effectively criminalized it in 1937 with passage of the Marihuana Tax Act.
—Andrea Kane, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
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In England at least, it’s now criminalized.
—Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
The delayed care occurred in the aftermath of a new state law that criminalized performing the procedure to remove fetal tissue from the uterus with few exceptions, legislation that reproductive-rights advocates said could scare away doctors from performing the surgery for fear of prosecution.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
The pope, however, has not called for the practice to be criminalized and a 2023 Vatican doctrinal ruling pointed out that children born through surrogacy can be baptized.
—Antonia Mortensen, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
The bill extends an original ban put in place in 2004 which criminalized commercial surrogacy within Italy.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2024
The Israeli government has jailed Palestinian poets for posting poems to Facebook, and criminalized prominent human rights organizations.
—Stefanie Fox, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Suffering from a grave infection, the 28-year-old medical assistant and single mother needed a procedure that had been criminalized in Georgia, with few exceptions.
—Alexandra Zayas, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
But Congress effectively criminalized it in 1937 with passage of the Marihuana Tax Act.
—Andrea Kane, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminalized
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For example, Customs and Border Protection in the United States maintains a list of prohibited and restricted items for anyone entering the US and links to other departments if permits are required.Erica Kasper, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
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Travelers can visit the CBP website to learn more about prohibited and restricted items.Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2024
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Within the forbidden halls of Division Five, Suzie finds all the windows covered with plywood.Chris Klimek, Vulture, 10 July 2024
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Countless vampire stories make the allure of the vampire as some sort of forbidden fruit—tantalizing, but a bite will invariably lead to ruin.James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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There’s broad agreement the native owls are at risk, but the animal rights organizations behind the opposition letter this week say killing barred owls is not the answer.Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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Dogs and buzzards fought over a dead cat in the middle of the street, directly across from an officer who watched the ferocious struggle from a barred window, twirling the ends of his moustache.Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 July 2022
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“Criminalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminalized. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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