Words similar to criminalize

Example sentences for: criminalize

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Instead, there is often a tendency to criminalize addiction and to "treat" the problem through arrests and prison terms.
Funny, I don't see the government arresting pack-a-day cigarette smokers or lobbying to criminalize tobacco.
McCain has been an ardent supporter of the controversial Child Online Protection Act, which seeks to criminalize Web sites that "knowingly" make harmful material available to minors.
Starr thinks his role is so goddamn important that his prosecutors get a special right to criminalize free speech as "obstruction of justice."
Chatterbox yields to no content-provider when it comes to condemning special prosecutor Kenneth Starr's excesses--in particular, Starr's attempt to criminalize criticism by calling Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal into the grand jury room.