incriminate

incriminate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin incriminatum, past participle of incrimino, from Latin in + crimino.

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 unjustly incriminated the innocent man.

2. (transitive) To indicate the guilt of.

   We have all sorts of evidence which incriminates you.

Related terms

• criminate
• incrimination

Translations

to accuse or bring criminal charges against

Catalan: inculpar (ca) Finnish: syyttää (fi) German: beschuldigen (de) Greek: ενοχοποιώ (el) (enochopoió)

Hebrew: הפליל‎ (hiflíl) Polish: inkryminować (pl) impf, obwiniać (pl) impf, obwinić (pl) pf, oskarżać (pl) impf, oskarżyć (pl) pf Portuguese: incriminar (pt) Romanian: incrimina (ro)

to indicate the guilt of

Catalan: incriminar (ca) Finnish: osoittaa syylliseksi, viitata syyllisyyteen German: belasten (de) Maori: whakahīrau

Polish: obciążać (pl) impf, obciążyć (pl) pf Portuguese: incriminar (pt) Romanian: incrimina (ro), inculpa (ro)

See also

• get the goods on

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Italian

Verb

incriminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of incriminare
2. second-person plural imperative of incriminare
3. feminine plural of incriminato

Anagrams

• anticrimine