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in·crim·i·nate
 incriminate
- pronunciation:
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
incriminated, incriminates, incriminating |
| definition 1: |
to indicate the possible involvement of (someone) in a criminal or immoral act; implicate.
The criminal was careful not to leave behind any evidence that would incriminate him in the murder.She did not want to say anything that might incriminate her son.- antonyms:
- exculpate, exonerate
- similar words:
- implicate, involve
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| definition 2: |
to claim or testify as to the involvement of (someone) in such an act.
His lawyer advised him to incriminate his partner in the crime in order to get a lesser sentence for himself.- similar words:
- accuse, implicate
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| related words: |
arraign, arrogate, blame, charge, denounce, entangle, frame, indict |
| derivations: |
incriminatory (adj.), incrimination (n.), incriminator (n.) |
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