overcriminalization

English

Alternative forms

• overcriminalisation

Etymology

From over- +‎ criminalize +‎ -ation.

Noun

overcriminalization (uncountable)

1. Excessive criminalizing: making too many things criminal.

   Antonym: undercriminalization

   • 2011, Craig A. Stern, “Crimes in America: Too Much of a Good Thing”, in The Christian Lawyer‎:

     This short article explains how the present American overcriminalization violates biblical principles of justice.

Translations

excessive criminalizing

Finnish: liiallinen kriminalisointi, ylikriminalisointi French: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: сверхкриминализа́ция f (sverxkriminalizácija) Spanish: sobrecriminalización f