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self-incriminate

self-incriminate verb: to incriminate oneself.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To incriminate oneself.

Forms of self-incriminate

third-person singular presentself-incriminates
present participleself-incriminating
past participleself-incriminated
pastself-incriminated

Origin of self-incriminate

From self- + incriminate.

Words formed from self-incriminate

Questions about self-incriminate

What does self-incriminate mean?
Self-incriminate means to incriminate oneself.
What part of speech is self-incriminate?
Self-incriminate is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-incriminate?
The past tense of self-incriminate is self-incriminated.

Words near self-incriminate in the dictionary

  1. self-improvements
  2. self-improves
  3. self-improving
  4. self-incompatibility
  5. self-incompatible
  6. self-incriminate
  7. self-incriminated
  8. self-incriminates
  9. self-incriminating
  10. self-incrimination
  11. self-induce

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