“Criminalized” or “Criminalised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “criminalized” and 4 prefer “criminalised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	criminalized	criminalised	Preference
United States	98	2	“criminalized”
United Kingdom	21	79	“criminalised”
India	44	56	“criminalised”
Philippines	100	0	“criminalized”
Canada	100	0	“criminalized”
Australia	22	78	“criminalised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	100	“criminalised”
Jamaica	100	0	“criminalized”
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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“criminalized”

…the Imperial Penal Code, which criminalized "coitus-like" acts between males, and…
…many states, anti-miscegenation laws also criminalized cohabitation and sex between whites…
…commitment to fight for other criminalized survivors of domestic violence.
…a 1990 voter initiative that criminalized possession of all amounts of…
…Muslim and Russian Orthodox, and criminalized unregistered religious activity, presidential decrees…
…upheld a state law that criminalized homosexuality in the case of…
…consent from 13 to 16, criminalized marital rape and sexual harassment,…
…positions, and thus SPK was criminalized as part of a political
…protected, her similar work was criminalized.
…1965, the US government fully criminalized LSD in 1968, after which…

“criminalised”

However, Article 359(1) criminalised those who made "public display…
…Justice and Immigration Act 2008 criminalised the possession of some forms…
…Irish Seanad which would have criminalised the purchase of goods and…
…contrast, adult lesbianism was never criminalised.
…the clients of prostitutes are criminalised by Article 1821 of the…
…promises are not in general criminalised, for example.
…Portuguese was banned, and even criminalised with the death penalty and…
…and child prostitution are not criminalised.
…mid-sixteenth century they were increasingly criminalised, with statutes allowing them to…
At first this criminalised sexual relations and marriage only…

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