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From criminal +‎ -isation or criminalise +‎ -ation.

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criminalisation (countable and uncountable, plural criminalisations)

  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalization.
    • 2018 December 11, Sarah Boseley, “Criminalisation of sex work normalises violence, review finds”, in The Guardian[1]:
      “It is clear from our review that criminalisation of sex work normalises violence and reinforces gender, racial, economic and other inequalities.

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criminalisation f (plural criminalisations)

  1. criminalization