Sentence examples for are criminalized from inspiring English sources
verb
To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
"When images online are criminalized, it's a very serious violation of basic rights of expression".
"We consistently see black folk are criminalized and killed when they have mental health issues.
these unauthorized public art projects are criminalized in New York as "graffiti".
For seeking the truth, voicing our dissent, and demanding justice, we are criminalized and treated like terrorists.
"In situations where sexual violence is rampant, and sexual and reproductive health services are criminalized, or simply unavailable, efforts to halt this crisis will not be enhanced by placing the focus on advising women and girls not to become pregnant".
"We made it clear that in our law homosexual activities are criminalized and that any person who commits homosexual activities will be arrested," Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa told U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay in an urgent meeting in 2012.
"I think we are criminalizing something that is a mental problem," Mr. Beveridge said.
"It's yet another way that local and federal officials are criminalizing immigrants".
"We are criminalizing Christianity in this country," Huckabee declared.
Schools today are criminalizing routine, teenage misbehavior, and that is wrong.
Immigrants are not criminals and should not be criminalized.
