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incriminate

Syllables: in·crim·i·nate/ɪnˈkɹɪm.ɪ.neɪ̯t/

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Australia/ɪnˈkɹɪm.ɪ.næɪ̯t/

incriminate verb: to accuse or bring criminal charges against.

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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.

incriminate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

incriminate in Tamil

குற்றச்சாட்டில் உட்படுத்து, குற்றஞ் சுமத்து

incriminate in Urdu

الزام لگانا, ملزم ٹھہرانا

incriminate in Bengali

দোষী সাব্যস্ত করা, অভিযুক্ত করা, জড়ানো

incriminate in Malayalam

to incriminate; to frame someone with a crime
കുടുക്കുക kuṭukkuka
to incriminate, to frame someone
കുരുക്കുക kurukkuka
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incriminate in Kannada
ಆಪಾದಿಸು, ಅಪರಾಧಹೊರಿಸು, ತಪ್ಪುಹೊರಿಸು, ಆಪಾದನೆಗೆ ಗುರಿಮಾಡು

Examples of incriminate in a sentence

  • She charged that the prosecutor had photoshopped the image to incriminate her.
  • It is called a 'verbal' if the suspect later denies making the incriminating remark.
  • Couldn’t the Weezers have come up with different, less incriminating terminology?

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Synonyms of incriminate

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Antonyms

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Forms of incriminate

third-person singular presentincriminates
present participleincriminating
past participleincriminated
pastincriminated

Past tense of incriminate: incriminated

Origin of incriminate

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.

Words formed from incriminate

Questions about incriminate

What does incriminate mean?
Incriminate means to accuse or bring criminal charges against.
What is incriminate in Tamil?
Incriminate in Tamil is குற்றச்சாட்டில் உட்படுத்து, குற்றஞ் சுமத்து. See Incriminate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is incriminate?
Incriminate is a verb.
How do you pronounce incriminate?
Incriminate is pronounced /ɪnˈkɹɪm.ɪ.neɪ̯t/ (UK).
What is the past tense of incriminate?
The past tense of incriminate is incriminated.

Words near incriminate in the dictionary

  1. incrests
  2. incretin
  3. incretins
  4. incretion
  5. incretions
  6. incriminate
  7. incriminated
  8. incriminates
  9. incriminating
  10. incrimination
  11. incriminations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: incriminate (page history and authors); incriminate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incriminate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Incriminate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കുടുക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); incriminate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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