“Criminalize” or “Criminalise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “criminalize” and 3 prefer “criminalise”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	criminalize	criminalise	Preference
United States	98	2	“criminalize”
United Kingdom	20	80	“criminalise”
India	49	51	“criminalise”
Philippines	100	0	“criminalize”
Canada	100	0	“criminalize”
Australia	26	74	“criminalise”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“criminalize”

…in 1998, were designed to criminalize minor incidents that would not…
…was Congress's second attempt to criminalize the Internet distribution of what…
…Swedish Model which does not criminalize the prostitute, but rather targets…
…Samaritan laws also exist, which criminalize failure to help someone in…
This Article used to criminalize both male and female homosexuality,…
…192 was originally intended to criminalize the theft of metals and…
…that the proposal did not criminalize profiteering in education, did not…
…to be "discriminatory" and to "criminalize [transgender people] for simply going…
…network" does not in fact criminalize a "substantial amount of protected
…Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC); criminalize bribery of public officials; have…

“criminalise”

The move to criminalise the loan negotiations with foreign…
…such as obscenity laws, may criminalise distribution of material even if…
…1848 Act which appears to criminalise the advocacy of republicanism is…
…delete a provision which would criminalise possession of documents which if…
The bill would criminalise torture and enforced disappearances, including…
…over a government bill to criminalise the medical use of marijuana.
…reform Tonga's colonial-era laws that criminalise homosexuality.
…also discussed legislation that would criminalise homosexuality.
…it intended to legislate to criminalise the possession of "extreme pornography",…
Attempts to amend this to criminalise clients have been opposed by…

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