incriminate
verb (used with object)
to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault.
had incriminated
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past perfectof incriminate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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However, the prosecution has been unable to locate the two witnesses who had incriminated him, prompting Judge Olarte's decision to free Palma.
From BBC ● May 10, 2023
“I feel like, where is my integrity? I don’t stand for anything? That was taken from me,” said Prince, who was released last year after a witness recanted a statement that had incriminated him.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2018
Italians had little doubt that the whole episode was a crude cover-up, so badly bungled that the Egyptians had incriminated themselves.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2017
He said his wife was the one who had incriminated his sister and he had to back up his wife.
From Chicago Tribune ● Oct. 14, 2014
In a measure, though, as he had excused Camilla he had incriminated Ichabod.
From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by J. N. Marchand
