criminate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to charge with a crime.
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to incriminate.
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to censure (something) as criminal; condemn.
verb
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to charge with a crime; accuse
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to condemn or censure (an action, event, etc)
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short for incriminate
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of criminate
First recorded in 1635–45; from Latin crīminātus, past participle of crīminārī “to accuse”; see origin at crime, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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This disclosure, if it exculpates you, will of course criminate her, and among those, too, where she has been received and admitted on terms of the closest friendship.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James
He may not be asked questions tending to criminate his wife.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
I am too much of a lawyer," he said, "to criminate myself, pardner, and you'll have to excuse me from going into further details.
From The Mystery of the Locks by Howe, Edgar Watson
Recriminate, rē-krim′in-āt, v.t. to criminate or accuse in return.—v.i. to charge an accuser with a similar crime.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Without further parley, Webster and Mrs. Lawton prepared to accompany their guards, and Cashmeyer, demanding their keys, commenced a search of their trunks, which resulted in his finding nothing that would criminate his prisoners.
From The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, by Pinkerton, Allan
Intellectuals were denied free expression; businessmen were dis criminated against in favor of nobles.
From Time Magazine Archive
They concurred in everything which she had told me, and repeated, without any signs of shame or compunction, things which criminated themselves.
From Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published by Monk, Maria
After his tongue got limbered up, and his memory refreshed, he criminated Ury.
From History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by Williams, George Washington
Had Pilate been compelled to give sentence against Christ, he would have had no sense of guilt; nor could he have been justly criminated.
From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Lee, Andrew
Many other questions were put to him, but he refused to answer them; and as they would all more or less have criminated himself as a poacher, his refusals were admitted.
From The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook by Marryat, Frederick
Once some of the novelty wears off, Xerox users will probably learn to be a little more dis criminating about what they copy.
From Time Magazine Archive
I lave extremely acute hearing and vision, plus a sense of smell extraordinarily dis criminating ...
From Time Magazine Archive
He says that had I come armed with affidavits criminating any individual, or even justifying a strong and distinct suspicion, their powers would be much larger.
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
For, mother, every innocent thing I do is being woven into a net of criminating evidence.
From Bylow Hill by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)
"I am afraid, Ma'am," says I, "that you have not hit on any little criminating discovery in the lodger's room?"
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 by Various
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