Incriminate Definition

ĭn-krĭmə-nāt
incriminated, incriminates, incriminating
verb
incriminated, incriminates, incriminating
To charge with a crime; accuse.
Webster's New World
To involve in, or make appear guilty of, a crime or fault.
Webster's New World
To reveal someone’s involvement in criminal acts.
Webster's New World Law

To indicate the guilt of.

We have all sorts of evidence which incriminates you.
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Origin of Incriminate

  • Late Latin incrīmināre incrīmināt- Latin in- causative pref. in–2 Latin crīmen crīmin- crime crime

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin incriminatum, past participle of incriminare.

    From Wiktionary

Incriminate Sentence Examples

  • It followed from his training that, if you admit one error in a revealed text, you incriminate the whole.

  • Tony was not found guilty because the cops did not find enough evidence to incriminate him.

  • By withholding evidence, Rachel tried not to incriminate her guilty friend.

  • The investigators had many different methods to incriminate guilty suspects.

  • The police led the two suspects to belive that the other one would incriminate them.

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Words Starting With

IININC

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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Words Starting With I and Ending With E

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With I11 Letter Words Ending With E