recriminalizeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From re- +‎ criminalize.

動詞

recriminalize (third-person singular simple present recriminalizes, present participle recriminalizing, simple past and past participle recriminalized)

1. (transitive) To criminalize again; to make (something previously decriminalized) illegal again.
   • 2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 206:

     He looks at Rohit and recalls the rainbows on his cheeks as they walked through the streets when the country recriminalized homosexuality.