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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
criminate .
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Examples
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Ha! The impossibility, signor, of defending oneself unless one criminates another?
The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) David Christie Murray
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I, at any rate, find it hard to believe that it has a knowledge, independent of experience, of the different habits of man and kangaroo, and dis-criminates at first sight between animals that are dangerous to it and those that are not.
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President when the letter was written, and had been President during the whole time while the laws were enacted, and the measures carried into execution, which he so harshly criminates?
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It criminates Saadut Ali Khân, the brother of the Nabob; the word Begum is never mentioned in the crimination but in conjunction with his; and much the greater part of it criminates the Nabob himself.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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No longer the sneaking tone of apology; no longer the modest allegations that the commissioner was misinformed; -- he boldly accuses the representative of English government of forgery in order to destroy him; he criminates and recriminates, and lays about him without mercy.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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That every part of this transaction, from the monopoly with which it commenced, to the contraband dealing with which it concluded, criminates the said Warren Hastings with wilful disobedience of orders and a continued breach of trust; that every step taken in it was attended with heavy loss to the Company, and with a sacrifice of their interest to that of individuals; and that, if finally a profit had resulted to the
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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Prime Minister Ali Mujawar called for international resolution that criminates any insult against religions and enhances the respect for beliefs of peoples.
Elder of Ziyon 2010
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But the great serious olrjcction to this bill is that it dis - criminates in such a way as cannot be justified.
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How he criminates himself, as if he could never speak ill enough of his own fault: "I have sinned, and I have done wickedly; mine is the crime, and therefore on me be the cross.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721
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