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
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Nowadays we do not ask a prisoner to criminate himself.
From In Jail with Charles Dickens by Alfred Trumble
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
Perhaps my anxious appearance may have struck him, for he quickly said,— "You will be specially warned against saying anything which might criminate yourself, so that you need have no fears on that account."
From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Charles James Lever
Even in England a man is not asked to criminate himself.
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever
He had sought out Papa Francoise hoping to win from him something that would criminate Alan Warburton, and to use him as a tool.
From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lawrence L. Lynch
Intellectuals were denied free expression; businessmen were dis criminated against in favor of nobles.
From Time Magazine Archive
These were, one very descriptive of the lady, and the other, of an incident in which this infamous woman was so deeply criminated.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Isaac Disraeli
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 George Washington Williams
Elated with her success, she began to ascend in the social scale, and criminated some persons of the highest social standing in the city, whose characters were above suspicion.
From The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 by Joel Tyler Headley
Many are the causes which may dissolve the bonds of faithless “conjurations;” and it is not always he who abandons a party who is to be criminated by political tergiversation.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
I lave extremely acute hearing and vision, plus a sense of smell extraordinarily dis criminating ...
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Witnesses are not excused from answering criminating questions; but their evidence cannot be used against them in any proceedings except criminal proceedings for perjury in respect of that evidence.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
The privilege as to criminating answers does not cover answers merely tending to establish a civil liability.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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