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recriminalize

vb. (context transitive English) To criminalize again; to make (something previously decriminalized) illegal again.

Usage examples of "recriminalize".

But I do believe with the new Reagan Law-and-Order Administration, we are going to be able to pass some new and stronger anti-marijuana paraphernalia laws, even recriminalizing marijuana altogether in the states that have decriminalization laws now .