Fassnidge, J.P.2024-06-182024-06-182024-07-01Fassnidge, J P 2024, 'Criminalisation as a Speech-Act : Saying Through Criminalising ', Criminal Law and Philosophy, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 471-490. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-024-09726-71871-9791ORCID: /0000-0002-5586-3730/work/158208696https://hdl.handle.net/2164/23637Open access via springer agreement. My thanks to the members of the Virtual Criminal Law Group, to whom I presented an early version of this paper and whose discussion of it was extremely helpful. I would also particularly like to thank Andrew Cornford, Chloe Kennedy, Lindsay Farmer, Antony Duff, Sandra Marshall, Alex Sarch, Jackson Allen and Kajsa Dinesson for their helpful comments on drafts of this paper. Finally, thank you to the two reviewers for their comments and constructive criticism, which helped improve the paper greatly20619343engcriminalisationspeech-actwrongfulnessimplicatureK LawKJournal article10.1007/s11572-024-09726-7182