criminate

Example Sentences

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After a while the woman came and searched her carefully, but found nothing to criminate the girl, as the last piece of the letter had already gone down her throat.

From Elsie in the South by Finley, Martha

Next day Moore was called, and, after objecting to the oath, took it with the express reservation that he should refuse to answer any question which might criminate his associates.

From Thomas Moore by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

"How so?" asked Leuthold quietly, believing that he had destroyed every scrap of paper that could criminate him.

From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

The English law, with a tenderness then unknown, would now protect a man from all efforts to make him criminate himself.

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John

Even in England a man is not asked to criminate himself.

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James