“Criminalizing” or “Criminalising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	criminalizing	criminalising	Preference
United States	98	2	“criminalizing”
United Kingdom	15	85	“criminalising”
India	29	71	“criminalising”
Philippines	100	0	“criminalizing”
Canada	90	10	“criminalizing”
Australia	0	100	“criminalising”
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.

“criminalizing”

…was strengthened; including, for example, criminalizing the act of subjecting a…
…found that Sweden's legal experiment (criminalizing clients of prostitution and providing…
…and FIU for not sufficiently: criminalizing money laundering and terrorist financing;…
…‘The Sense and Nonsense of Criminalizing Transfers of Obscene Materials: Criminalizing…
1862: the current colonial law criminalizing homosexual sex is implemented by…
…to prostitution: Sweden's model of criminalizing the purchase of sex, but…
It was decided that criminalizing the practice was in violation…
Criminalizing clients and pimps additionally avoids…
…as Ukraine which has proposed criminalizing public discussion about homosexuality as…
…and the ongoing process of criminalizing as terrorism any kind of…

“criminalising”

Similarly, legislation criminalising certain war crimes retroactively has…
The Victorian era laws criminalising male homosexual acts throughout Great…
Scotland Against Criminalising Communities, an organisation that campaigns…
…prostitution in India by gradually criminalising various aspects of sex work.
…they had relevant domestic law criminalising the financing of terrorist organisations,…
…closely linked to Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC).
The country's laws criminalising same-sex activity between males were…
…further unprecedented laws, banning and criminalising the possession and dispensation of…
…a source of injury by criminalising the behaviour that produces it,…
…and the Evangelical movement, thus criminalising slavery within the British Empire.

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