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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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criminalize

/'krÇmÇnǝlaÇz/

US pronunciation
American sound/'krÇmÇnǝlaÇz/
criminalize
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cri - mi - na - lize -> criminalize

Myanmar meaning

(v) ပြစ်မှုအဖြစ် ဥပဒေ ပြဋ္ဌာန်းသတ်မှတ်သည်။ ရာဇဝတ်သားပမာ ဆက်ဆံပြုမူသည်။

Full entry

criminal /'krÇmÇnl/ adj

၁။ ဥပဒေချိုးဖောက်သော။ ပြစ်မှုကျူးလွန် သော။ criminal offences/ damage/ negligence.
၂။ ပြစ်မှုဆိုင်ရာ။ criminal law ❍ a criminal lawyer. Compare CIVIL ၄
၃။ မှားသော။ အပြစ်ရှိသော။ တရားမဲ့သော။
a criminal waste of public money ❍ It's criminal the way she lies and cheats to get what she wants.
n ပြစ်မှုကျူးလွန်သူ။ ရာဇဝတ်ကောင်။ ရာဇဝတ်သား။ petty criminals ❍ a war criminal.
❏ criminality /krÇmÇ'nælǝti/ n [U] ပြစ်မှုမြောက်သော လုပ်ရပ်။ ဥပဒေနှင့်ငြိစွန်းမှု။
❏ criminalize, -ise /'krÇmÇnǝlaÇz/ v
၁။ ပြစ်မှုအဖြစ် ဥပဒေ ပြဋ္ဌာန်းသတ်မှတ်သည်။ criminalize abortion.
၂။ ရာဇဝတ်သားပမာ ဆက်ဆံပြုမူသည်။
We believe we are being criminalized and persecuted.
❏ criminally /-nǝli/ adv ပြစ်မှုဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေအရ။ criminally insane ❍ Not a single officer has been found criminally liable.
❏ criminology /krÇmÇ'nɒlǝdʒi/ n
[U] ပြစ်မှုဗေဒ။
❏ criminologist /-dʒÇst/ n ပြစ်မှုဗေဒပညာရှင်။

More examples
  • The book examines the causes of criminal behaviour.
  • [a criminal offence/act] : It is a criminal offence to threaten someone with violence.
  • The criminal justice system
  • Police are conducting a criminal investigation into his business affairs.
  • [criminal charges] : You could face criminal charges.
  • [criminal proceedings] : There is not enough evidence to start criminal proceedings against him.
  • The criminal element in society
  • [the criminal underworld] : Links between politicians and the criminal underworld
  • It’s criminal the way they treat their animals.
  • That’s a criminal waste of resources.
Synonyms
illegal, wrong, against the law, unlawful, illicit, immoral, bad actor, bent, black marketeer, blackmailer, caught, con, convict, corrupt, crook, crooked, culpable, culprit, delinquent, deplorable, desperado, deuce, dirty, disgraceful, evildoer, ex-con, excessive, felon, felonious, fugitive, gangster, guerilla, heavy, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, hung up, hustler, illegitimate, indictable, iniquitous, inside person, jailbird, lawbreaker, lawless, malefactor, mobster, mug, muscle, nefarious, off base, offender, out of line, outlaw, outrageous, peccant, prisoner, racket, racketeer, repeater, scandalous, scofflaw, senseless, shady, sinful, sinner, slippery eel, smoking gun, thug, transgressor, trespasser, unrighteous, vicious, villain, villainous, wicked, wildcat, wrongdoer, yardbird
Antonyms
authorized, blessed, correct, ethical, good, kind, law, lawful, legal, legitimate, moral, noble, police, proper, pure, right, righteous, uncorrupt
Cross references
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