criminate
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"Proceed, Alex, only do not forget that under the merciful statutes of the State of Nevada no man is obliged to make statements which will criminate himself."
From The Comstock Club by Charles Carroll Goodwin
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
Does not the law of England expressly declare that no man need criminate himself?
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Charles James Lever
He may not be asked questions tending to criminate his wife.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
Whoever thought of requiring them to criminate themselves?
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Lady Anne Hamilton
Intellectuals were denied free expression; businessmen were dis criminated against in favor of nobles.
From Time Magazine Archive
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She is criminated by it, even past her father's contradiction—and he doesn't stick at a trifle!
From Basil by Wilkie Collins
Elated with her success, she began to ascend in the social scale, and criminated some persons of the highest social standing in the city, whose characters were above suspicion.
From The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 by Joel Tyler Headley
If the matter was not public, the delinquent was not to be criminated because he did not make it so.
From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Andrew Lee
The ministers of the United States, in Europe, had reciprocally criminated each other, and some of them had been recalled.
From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall
Once some of the novelty wears off, Xerox users will probably learn to be a little more dis criminating about what they copy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I lave extremely acute hearing and vision, plus a sense of smell extraordinarily dis criminating ...
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I only desire you to enlighten me as to your cousin's probable motive for this criminating silence.
From The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green
Witnesses are not excused from answering criminating questions; but their evidence cannot be used against them in any proceedings except criminal proceedings for perjury in respect of that evidence.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
Some seized Alexander's arm, some began to hurry Clitus out of the room, and some were engaged in loudly criminating and threatening each other.
From Alexander the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott