单词 | criminative |
释义 | criminativeadj. Now rare. Characterized by crimination; that charges someone with a crime or grave offence; incriminating; accusatory. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > charging with or involving in crime criminatory1576 criminous1706 criminativea1734 incriminatory1861 incriminating1863 a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. §49. 256 I shall begin with the former [Pamphlet],..because this is more Historical, and less Criminative. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. vii. p. lxxviii Of all these different sets of circumstances, the criminative are connected with the consequences of the original offence, in the way of production. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 680 Their criminative representations against Macartney. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lix. 388 The criminative orators were omnipotent. 1932 Michigan Law Rev. 31 47 The dangers incident to discreditive or criminative cross-examination. 1963 E. D'Arcy Human Acts i. 60 He is speaking of an offence as constituted out of an act and criminative circumstances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1734 |
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