criminate

  • 11criminate — verb a) To accuse, incriminate, impeach. b) To rebuke, censure, reprimand. See Also: crimination …

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  • 12criminate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To cause to appear involved in or guilty of a crime or fault: implicate, incriminate, inculpate. See ATTACK, CRIMES …

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  • 13criminate — crim·i·nate || krɪmɪneɪt v. charge with a crime, incriminate …

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  • 14criminate — v. a. 1. Accuse, charge, arraign, impeach, allege to be guilty. 2. Involve in crime, implicate in guilt, show guilty …

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  • 15criminate — crim·i·nate …

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  • 16criminate — crim•i•nate [[t]ˈkrɪm əˌneɪt[/t]] v. t. nat•ed, nat•ing to incriminate • Etymology: 1635–45; < L crīminātus, ptp. of crīminārī to accuse. See crime, ate I crim i•na′tion, n. crim′i•na tor, n …

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  • 17criminate — /ˈkrɪməneɪt/ (say krimuhnayt) verb (t) (criminated, criminating) 1. to charge with a crime. 2. to incriminate. 3. to censure (an act, etc.) as criminal; condemn. {Latin crīminātus, past participle, accused} –crimination, noun …

  • 18criminate — To incriminate; to involve a person in the commission of a crime; to give evidence against a defendant in a criminal prosecution against him …

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  • 19criminate — verb 1. bring an accusation against; level a charge against The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse • Syn: ↑accuse, ↑impeach, ↑incriminate • Derivationally related forms: ↑criminative, ↑criminatory, ↑ …

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  • 20formally criminate — index arraign Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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