incriminate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin incriminatum, past participle of incrimino, from Latin in + crimino.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪŋˈkɹɪmɪneɪt/
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Verb

incriminate (third-person singular simple present incriminates, present participle incriminating, simple past and past participle incriminated)

  1. (transitive) To accuse or bring criminal charges against.
    The newspapers incriminated the innocent man unjustly.
  2. (transitive) To indicate the guilt of.
    We have all sorts of evidence which incriminates you.

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Italian

Verb

incriminate

  1. inflection of incriminare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

incriminate f pl

  1. feminine plural of incriminato

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

incriminate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of incriminar combined with te
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