incriminate

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  1. transitive verb To accuse of a crime or other wrongful act.
  2. transitive verb To cause to appear guilty of a crime or fault; implicate: testimony that incriminated the defendant.

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  • Protection from criminal liability for failing to follow this rule applies only if there is risk that close relatives of witnesses will self-incriminate.
  • It was written without going into the lewd details of the online solicitations, but with enough evidence to incriminate the Democrats. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Rove's lawyers have said he will not invoke his 5th amendment right not to testify if it may incriminate himself. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • The smoking gun that may incriminate George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, et al., is the email traffic that passed between the lawyers and the White House. —  CounterPunch
  • You can incriminate yourself, but I ` m not going to protect you. —  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Late Latin incrīmināre, incrīmināt- : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2 + Latin crīmen, crīmin-, crime; see crime.

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  1. from Middle Latin incriminatus, past participle of incriminare (later Italian incriminare = Spanish Portuguese incriminar = Provencal encriminar = French incriminer), accuse of crime, from Latin in, on, + criminare, accuse of crime: see criminate.
 

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/ɪnˈkrɪmɪneɪt/
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