criminate

American  

[krim-uh-nayt] / ˈkrɪm əˌneɪt /

verb (used with object)

criminated, criminating

1. to charge with a crime.

2. to incriminate.

3. to censure (something) as criminal; condemn.

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criminate British  

/ ˈkrɪmɪˌneɪt /

verb

1. to charge with a crime; accuse

2. to condemn or censure (an action, event, etc)

3. short for incriminate

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Other Word Forms

• crimination
  noun
• criminator
  noun
• criminative
  adjective

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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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Example Sentences

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criminate criminated criminating

As in law, so in morals, no man need criminate himself, but he who does so by an inadvertence is lost.

From One Of Them by Charles James Lever

I had instantly made up my mind that I would say nothing to criminate any one.

From The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich by A.W. Drayson

"How so?" asked Leuthold quietly, believing that he had destroyed every scrap of paper that could criminate him.

From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern

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 Allan Pinkerton

When the Commission met, and the treasurer and his deputy were called before it, they refused to answer questions which would criminate themselves.

From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by J. Hamilton Fyfe

Intellectuals were denied free expression; businessmen were dis criminated against in favor of nobles.

From Time Magazine Archive

She criminated Charles, and Charles recriminated and threatened her, and for one night the palace was filled with the noise and uproar of the quarrel.

From History of King Charles the Second of England by Jacob Abbott

The utmost ingenuity of vindictive priests never extorted from her a word which criminated her, though they subjected her to inquisitorial examinations for days and weeks.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women by John Lord

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 Frederick Marryat

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 Maria Monk

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

There is a rashness in criminating this retirement from every-day political conflicts which is, to say the least, very short-sighted.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 by Various

Vampa wrote a criminating letter to the girl purporting to come from Massetti, and old Solara, stealing unobserved into the hut, placed it beneath his daughter's work-box on her table where she afterwards found it.

From Monte-Cristo's Daughter by Edmund Flagg

For this he was indebted to one of the girls who would not join the others in criminating him.

From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall

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