Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To accuse of a crime or other wrongful act.
- transitive verb To cause to appear guilty of a crime or fault; implicate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To charge with a crime; accuse; criminate.
- To make a subject of accusation; charge as a crime.
- Synonyms Accuse, Charge, Indict, etc. See
accuse .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
accuse or bringcriminal charges against. - verb transitive To
indicate theguilt of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Under Scottish law at present, suspects can be questioned by police for six hours without a lawyer, but yesterday the supreme court found that the measure made it more likely that suspects might "incriminate" themselves while being quizzed by officers.
Scotland rushes through new laws after court ruling on questioning suspects Kirsty Scott 2010
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It prohibits the government from compelling anyone to "incriminate" himself.
Alan Dershowitz: Why Roger Clemens, Even if Innocent, Should Take the 5th 2008
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Pay attention to the fact that the attorney-general's top aide took the Fifth Amendment, refusing to testify on grounds that her testimony might "incriminate" herself.
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One reason is that such perpetrators do not 'incriminate' themselves by setting up specific websites for their purposes, but often lurk in popular chatrooms used by the public, said a Media Development Authority (MDA) official.
www.hardwarezone.com.sg SGBoYxxx 2010
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One reason is that such perpetrators do not 'incriminate' themselves by setting up specific websites for their purposes, but often lurk in popular chatrooms used by the public, said a Media Development Authority (MDA) official.
www.hardwarezone.com.sg SGBoYxxx 2010
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A ruling issued today found that the practice was aimed at making it more likely a suspect in Scotland might "incriminate" themselves under police questioning.
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It is quite unfortunate that, due to present conditions, there is little I can tell you about my comrades-in-arms without the fear that I might "incriminate" them.
NOLA Indymedia 2009
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[14] yet the dictionary doesn't yet recognize it exculpatory often used in the phrase "exculpatory evidence," it took nearly 50 years to develop this term after origination of the legal term suggesting guilt: "incriminate" falsifiability first emphasized by Karl Popper in 1934, this helps define science: if a proposition is false, then it can be shown to be false.
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[14] yet the dictionary doesn't yet recognize it exculpatory often used in the phrase "exculpatory evidence," it took nearly 50 years to develop this term after origination of the legal term suggesting guilt: "incriminate" falsifiability first emphasized by Karl Popper in 1934, this helps define science: if a proposition is false, then it can be shown to be false.
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[13] yet the dictionary doesn't yet recognize it exculpatory often used in the phrase "exculpatory evidence," it took nearly 50 years to develop this term after origination of the legal term suggesting guilt: "incriminate" falsifiability first emphasized by Karl Popper in 1934, this helps define science: if a proposition is false, then it can be shown to be false.
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