| 单词 | illegalize |
| 释义 | illegalize (once / 2363863 pages) v To illegalize something is to make it illegal, or to announce that it's against the law. When a city's police set a new curfew, they illegalize kids and teenagers being out at night. The verb illegalize is a somewhat informal way to say "make something illegal." Your town might illegalize smoking in public places or your state senators could vote to illegalize dog fighting. In either case, something previously allowed is being made illegal. It's considered better grammar to say "make illegal," or even "criminalize," since illegalize is a relatively new verb constructed from illegal, "against the law," and the verb-forming suffix ize. WORD FAMILYillegalize: illegalized+/illegal: illegalise, illegality, illegalize, illegally/illegality: illegalities/legal: illegal, legaler, legalise, legalism, legality, legalize, legally, nonlegal/legalise: legalisation, legalised, legalises, legalising/legalism: legalisms/legality: legalities/legalize: legalization, legalized, legalizes, legalizing USAGE EXAMPLESWhich leaves us with one moral option: illegalize it, the whole operation. The Guardian(Jan 04, 2016) Activists carried signs including messages like “God hates Renoir,” “Renoir paints steaming piles,” “Renbarf,” “Aesthetic terrorism,” “Illegalize it #RottingVegetation,” and “Treacle harms society! Salon(Nov 09, 2015) If they announce they are going to illegalize normal light bulbs, we buy more–not fewer–of them to stock up. Forbes(Jul 11, 2014) v declare illegal; outlaw Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, outlaw decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize make legal ban, censor forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) embargoban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto command against |
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