Criminalize and Permit

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Criminalize verb - To make or declare contrary to the law.

Usage example: wanted to criminalize an activity that the mountaineers had been engaging in for generations

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Permit is an antonym for criminalize.

Permit verb - To give permission for or to approve of.

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Criminalize is an antonym for permit in allow topic.

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