overcriminalization
English
noun
Definitions
- Excessive criminalizing: making too many things criminal.
Etymology
Affix from English criminalize.
Origin
English
criminalize
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- criminal English
- criminalizable English
- criminalization English
- criminalize English
- criminalizer English
- decriminalize English
- recriminalize English
- *krey- Proto-Indo-European