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penalizar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • criminalize verb To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
  • penalize verb To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.

Senses

penalizar is used for these senses in English:

  • criminalize (transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
  • penalize (transitive) To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.

criminalize — full definition

  1. verb To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
  2. verb To treat as a criminal.

penalize — full definition

  1. verb To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.
  2. verb To impose a handicap on.

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