criminate

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He did not wish by any means, he said, to induce him to criminate himself; but merely to give such explanations as he might think fit.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various

An accused person is not obliged to criminate himself.

From An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by Greenleaf, Simon

Recriminate, rē-krim′in-āt, v.t. to criminate or accuse in return.—v.i. to charge an accuser with a similar crime.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

It is not to criminate him that I have laid the truth before the public.

From Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity by Packard, Elizabeth Parsons Ware

Vaughan, who does not appear to have ventured any direct denial, managed to avoid giving a categorical reply, and to get excused from answering on the ground that he might criminate himself.

From The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick by Bradlaugh, Charles