incriminate

The definition of incriminate is to make someone seem guilty or to implicate someone in wrongdoing.

(verb)

When you tell the police that your friend Bob helped you rob a store, this is an example of when you incriminate Bob.

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See incriminate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb incriminated, incriminating

  1. to charge with a crime; accuse
  2. to involve in, or make appear guilty of, a crime or fault

Origin: < ML incriminatus, pp. of incriminare: see in- & criminate

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See incriminate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb in·crim·i·nat·ed, in·crim·i·nat·ing, in·crim·i·nates
  1. To accuse of a crime or other wrongful act.
  2. To cause to appear guilty of a crime or fault; implicate: testimony that incriminated the defendant.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin incrīmināre, incrīmināt-

Origin: : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2

Origin: + Latin crīmen, crīmin-, crime; see crime

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Related Forms:

  • in·crimˌi·naˈtion noun
  • in·crimˈi·na·toˌry (-nə-tôrˌē, -tōrˌē) adjective

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