criminate
verb
crim·i·nate ˈkri-mə-ˌnāt 
criminated; criminating
transitive verb
: incriminate
crimination
ˌkri-mə-ˈnā-shən
noun 
Synonyms
- accuse
- charge
- defame [archaic]
- impeach
- incriminate
- indict
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Example Sentences
scornfully declaring that he was not the school's lone drug dealer, he immediately began criminating a host of confederates
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin crīminātus, past participle of crīminārī "to make charges against, accuse," derivative of crīmin-, crīmen "accusation, crime"
First Known Use
circa 1637, in the meaning defined above
criminations
noun
as in accusations
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- accusations
- indictments
- allegations
- denunciations
- condemnations
- complaints
- raps
- implications
- censures
- charges
- impeachments
- counts
- countercharges
- recriminations
- pleas
- counteraccusations
- counter-charges
- counter-accusations
- arraignments
- natural scientist
- natural selection
- natural slope
- natural spirits
- natural steel
- natural system
- natural theologian
- natural theology
- natural virtue
- natural wastage
- natural wavelength
- natural wine
- natural-born
- naturale
- naturalesque
- naturalisatia
- naturalisation
- naturalisations
- naturalise
- naturalised
- naturaliser
- naturalisers
- naturalises
- naturalising
- naturalism