incriminate
verb (used with object)
to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault.
had been incriminating
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past perfect progressiveof incriminate.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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He had no idea he had been incriminating himself when he talked over the wire.
From Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
