noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
penalization; criminalization; adding penalties
Used in legal and policy contexts for making an act subject to criminal penalties (fines, imprisonment, etc.). Often appears as 刑罰化する.
この行為を刑罰化する法案が提出された。
A bill to penalize this act was introduced.
軽微な違反まで
Penalizing even minor infractions is going too far.