Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To accuse of a crime or other wrongful act.
- v. To cause to appear guilty of a crime or fault; implicate: testimony that incriminated the defendant.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To charge with a crime; accuse; criminate.
- To make a subject of accusation; charge as a crime.
- Synonyms Accuse, Charge, Indict, etc. See accuse.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate.
WordNet 3.0
- v. suggest that someone is guilty
- v. bring an accusation against; level a charge against
Etymologies
- Late Latin incrīmināre, incrīmināt- : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2 + Latin crīmen, crīmin-, crime; see crime. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Under Scottish law at present, suspects can be questioned by police for six hours without a lawyer, but yesterday the supreme court found that the measure made it more likely that suspects might "incriminate" themselves while being quizzed by officers.”
The Guardian: Scotland rushes through new laws after court ruling on questioning suspects
“It prohibits the government from compelling anyone to "incriminate" himself.”
Alan Dershowitz: Why Roger Clemens, Even if Innocent, Should Take the 5th
“Pay attention to the fact that the attorney-general's top aide took the Fifth Amendment, refusing to testify on grounds that her testimony might "incriminate" herself.”
“One reason is that such perpetrators do not 'incriminate' themselves by setting up specific websites for their purposes, but often lurk in popular chatrooms used by the public, said a Media Development Authority (MDA) official.”
“A ruling issued today found that the practice was aimed at making it more likely a suspect in Scotland might "incriminate" themselves under police questioning.”
“It is quite unfortunate that, due to present conditions, there is little I can tell you about my comrades-in-arms without the fear that I might "incriminate" them.”
“[14] yet the dictionary doesn't yet recognize it exculpatory often used in the phrase "exculpatory evidence," it took nearly 50 years to develop this term after origination of the legal term suggesting guilt: "incriminate" falsifiability first emphasized by Karl Popper in 1934, this helps define science: if a proposition is false, then it can be shown to be false.”
“[13] yet the dictionary doesn't yet recognize it exculpatory often used in the phrase "exculpatory evidence," it took nearly 50 years to develop this term after origination of the legal term suggesting guilt: "incriminate" falsifiability first emphasized by Karl Popper in 1934, this helps define science: if a proposition is false, then it can be shown to be false.”
“| often used in the phrase "exculpatory evidence," it took nearly 50 years to develop this term after origination of the legal term suggesting guilt: "incriminate”
“John Herbison: The right to remain silent to avoid self-incrimination is applicable to civil cases, but only to the extent that to answer would require the witness to incriminate himself, that is, to furnish a link in the chain of evidence needed to prosecute him for a crime.”
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