Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To accuse or bring criminal charges against.

    The newspapers incriminated the innocent man unjustly.

    beschuldigen

    інкримінува́тиinkryminuváty

    bring an accusation against; level a charge against

  2. (transitive)To indicate the guilt of.

    We have all sorts of evidence which incriminates you.

    belasten

Examples

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  1. Tom didn't want to incriminate himself.

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  2. You could incriminate yourself if you aren't careful.

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  3. You could incriminate yourself if you're not careful.

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  4. Maybe we can trick Tom into incriminating himself.

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  5. He remained silent so as to not incriminate himself.

    deEr schwieg, um sich nicht selbst zu belasten.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to accuse or bring criminal charges against:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to accuse or bring criminal charges against:
to indicate the guilt of:

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin incrīminātus, perfect passive participle of Latin incrīminō,

Borrowed from Medieval Latin incrīminātus, perfect passive participle of Latin incrīminō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). First attested in 1736. By surface analysis, in- + criminate.

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Forms

incriminates, incriminating, incriminated, incriminated
Base formincriminate · to incriminate
3rd person singularincriminates
Present participleincriminating
Past simpleincriminated
Past participleincriminated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyincriminate
he, she, itincriminates

Past simpleLesson

all personsincriminated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave incriminated
he, she, ithas incriminated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill incriminate

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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