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criminating

criminating is the present participle and gerund of criminate.

Meaning of criminate

Verb

criminate (third-person singular simple present criminates, present participle criminating, simple past and past participle criminated)

  1. (transitive) To accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate.
    • ‘I am now under confinement in this place for debt; but if you obtain […] a condition from the judge that what I reveal shall not criminate myself, I will make discoveries that shall confound that same Marquis […].’1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin, published 1999, page 331
  2. (archaic, transitive) To rebuke or censure (someone).

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Questions about criminating

What is criminating the present participle and gerund of?
Criminating is the present participle and gerund of criminate.

Words near criminating in the dictionary

  1. criminaloids
  2. criminals
  3. criminate
  4. criminated
  5. criminates
  6. criminating
  7. crimination
  8. criminations
  9. criminative
  10. criminator
  11. criminators

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