incriminate Definition
in·crimi·nate (in krim′i nāt′)
incriminate Related Forms
in·crim′i·na′·tion noun
in·crim′i·na·to′ry (-nə tôr′ē) adjective
incriminate Synonyms
incriminate Law Definition
v
To reveal someones involvement in criminal acts.
incriminate Usage Examples
Object
- evidence: The last thing you want is the police knocking at your door armed with a search warrant to find incriminating evidence.
- photo: Once the incriminating photos have made the rounds of office fax machines, the social satire starts in earnest.
- document: I did four cases that involved denial of authorship of an incriminating document: a letter, or an entry in a diary.
- photograph: It's like a barrister knocking over a pile of incriminating photographs in front of the jury.
- letter: The Shiek possesses an incriminating letter written in invisible ink that reveals the truth of the murder.
- statement: He would talk into the microphones and leave incriminating statements on the record.
Modifying Another Word
- potentially: Any other items, documents, potentially incriminating articles are OFF LIMITS.
- not: You have the right to remain silent and not incriminate yourself.. .
- highly: The papers were highly incriminating toward British anti-war MP George Galloway, an outspoken Blair critic.
- possibly: He has stolen some significant documents ( possibly incriminating ) which Helena's husband wants back.
- directly: Alcohol is incriminated directly in over 5,000 deaths and is implicated in up to 33,000 deaths per year in England and Wales.
- very: Through some luck and a bit of unexpected help, they escape with some very incriminating documents.
Preposition: in
weaver: Flour and starch derived from various plants have been incriminated in weaver 's asthma ( Murray et al.
Browse dictionary entries near incriminate
- ‹ incretion
- ‹ increscent
- ‹ incremental redundancy
- ‹ increment
- ‹ incredulous
- ‹ incredulity
- ‹ incredibly
- ‹ incredible
- ‹ increate
- ‹ increasingly
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