Word: criminalization
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: crim
i
nal
i
za
tion
Definition: The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.
Morphemes:
Affix: criminal
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Of or relating to crime or penal law.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cernō
Language: la
Decoded: cerno
Meaning: sieve
Affix: -men
Language: la
Decoded: -men
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: forms neuter nouns of the third declension
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: to do what is denoted by the noun/adjective
Affix: -ation
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An action or process