criminalisation
noun
criminalisation is a noun meaning “Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 9 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of criminalisation is criminalisations.
What does criminalisation mean?
noun
- 1
UKNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalization.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of criminalisation
- criminalisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is criminalisation?
Criminalisation appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does criminalisation come from?
From criminal + -isation or criminalise + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).