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criminative

criminative adjective: charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.

Adjective

criminative (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.
    • the courtiers are often furious and (according to the doctrines there) criminative against the judgesa. 1734, Roger North, The lives of the Right Hon. Francis North

Questions about criminative

What does criminative mean?
Criminative means charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.
What part of speech is criminative?
Criminative is an adjective.

Words near criminative in the dictionary

  1. criminated
  2. criminates
  3. criminating
  4. crimination
  5. criminations
  6. criminative
  7. criminator
  8. criminators
  9. criminatory
  10. crimine
  11. criminently

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