turn (someone) into a criminal by making their activities illegal

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criminalize
To make (something) a crime, to make illegal under criminal law, to ban
declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U S "
{f} make illegal; outlaw, pronounce or declare illegal; declare a criminal; make a person become a criminal; treat a person as a criminal (also criminalise)
crimi·nal·ize criminalizes criminalizing criminalized in BRIT, also use criminalise If a government criminalizes an action or person, it officially declares that the action or the person's behaviour is illegal. There is no move to criminalise alcohol. to make something illegal, or to say that someone is a criminal because of something they have done   decriminalize
treat as a criminal
To make something be a crime under the laws of the land, to make something illegal under criminal law
turn (someone) into a criminal by making their activities illegal