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criminalize
1. Other laws criminalize the taking of property; instead, burglary is meant to safeguard the sanctity of a person's home and to protect against the possible violence that could arise if someone discovers a burglar in their house
2. Some state statutes punish the act of prostitution, and other state statutes criminalize the acts of soliciting prostitution, arranging for prostitution, and operating a house of prostitution
3. But if we shame this need, fear and criminalize it, then we make it impossible for the needy to come forward, unless they are great souls of humility in a brazen world that shames for profit