incriminate
Meaning of incriminate
- make (someone) appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.
he refused to answer questions in order not to incriminate himself
mid 18th century (earlier (mid 17th century) as incrimination ): from late Latin incriminat- ‘accused’, from the verb incriminare, from in- ‘into, towards’ + Latin crimen ‘crime’.
Information about incriminate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of incriminate is: incriminates.
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Hyphenation of incriminate
in-crim-i-nate
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- incriminate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
incriminate synonyms
Meaning imply:
Meaning accuse:
Meaning show (someone) to be involved in a crime:
Meaning be or become occupied or engrossed in something:
Meaning feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong:
Meaning inform against:
Meaning catch in or as in a trap:
Meaning place (a picture or photograph) in a frame:
incriminate antonyms
Meaning declare (someone) free from guilt, obligation, or punishment:
Meaning remove an obstruction or unwanted item or items from:
Translation of incriminate
Words that rhyme with incriminate
Nate, Alphanate, Banate, Bromanate, Depanate, Italianate, Lomanate, Plasmanate, Thiophanate, acetylglucopyranosylisothiocyanate, acetylphenylisothiocyanate, acetyltryptophanate, adamantylisocyanate, aldermanate, allophanate, alloxanate, allylisothiocyanate, allylthiocyanate, aminobenzylpenicilianate, aminoethylthiocyanate, aminopenicillanate, amoscanate, anate, applanate, azidophenylisothiocyanate, banate, benzoylisothiocyanate, benzylisothiocyanate, benzylthiocyanate, biphenyldiisocyanate, biphenylisothiocyanate, bisthiocyanate, bitoscanate, bromoallylisothiocyanate, bromoallylthiocyanate, bromobenzylisothiocyanate, bromopenicillanate, bromophenylisocyanate, bromophenylisothiocyanate, butenylisothiocyanate, butylcyanate, butylisothiocyanate, calpanate, cephalosporanate, chlorobenzylthiocyanate, chloroethylisocyanate, chloromethylthiocyanate, chlorophenylisothiocyanate, chlorophenylthiocyanate, chlorosulfonylisocyanate