incriminatev.
/ɪnˈkrɪmɪneɪt/ transitive. To charge with a crime; to involve in an accusation or charge.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > charge, accuse, or indict [verb (transitive)] > involve in charge
involve1655
incriminate1736
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) To Incriminate,..to recriminate.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Incriminate, to accuse; to charge with a crime or fault.
1862 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. V. Hugo Les Misérables v. xi Their theory is incriminated.
1874 J. A. Symonds Sketches Italy & Greece (1898) I. xi. 220 It would be wrong to incriminate the Order of S. Francis by any suspicion.
1885 Manch. Examiner 6 June 5/3 Evidence which will incriminate others while it clears themselves.
Derivatives
inˈcriminated adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > accused or indicted
indictedc1440
accusedc1450
denounced1552
convict1569
criminatea1591
delatedc1598
panelled1618
impleaded1742
impeached1751
incriminated1858
1858 Times 27 Nov. 8/2 Any incriminated phrase of Montalembert's pamphlet.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xix. 343 If the ordinary claimed the incriminated clerk.
1882 H. D. Traill Sterne iv. 40 An excuse for the incriminated passage.
inˈcriminating adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > charging with or involving in crime
criminatory1576
criminous1706
criminativea1734
incriminatory1861
incriminating1863
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xiv. 231 This Maupas, or de Maupas..deliberately offered to arrange that incriminating papers..should be secretly placed in the houses of the men whom he wanted to have accused.
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