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incriminate

[in-krim-uh-neyt] / ɪnˈkrɪm əˌneɪt /


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“In a Charley Chase film life often seems like a stream of unfortunate coincidences designed primarily to embarrass, incriminate, or otherwise inconvenience Chase in his bid to be a good solid citizen.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Budensiek also said Woods had been "co-operative but was trying not to incriminate himself".

From BBC Mar. 27, 2026

Byers initially did not want to testify at all, believing his life to be in danger and fearing that he might incriminate himself.

From Slate Dec. 1, 2025

By contrast he wouldn't let them go hard after David Pecker, his buddy who also happens to have a box full of papers that Trump believes might incriminate him in god-only-knows-what.

From Salon May 31, 2024

“It may have been placed there by someone in order to incriminate you?”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

While most of the trial has focused on Fotis Dulos, prosecutors say evidence also incriminates Troconis.

From Seattle Times Feb. 6, 2024

And in forensic science, bias can subconsciously influence experts to interpret data in a way that incriminates a suspect.

From Science Magazine May 12, 2022

Ismail Abedi, 28, has refused to answer questions from the inquiry, which is investigating every aspect of the bombing, in case he incriminates himself.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2021

Jessup incriminates himself by confessing to the “code red” -- the legendary “you can’t handle the truth!” scene.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2018

Taken at its simplest, it is a clue which directly incriminates someone whose initial is H, and it was dropped there unwittingly by that person.”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

Massie has also criticized the DOJ, which he says “has failed to properly redact victims’ information while simultaneously succeeding in avoiding the disclosure of incriminated individuals,” in a statement to Salon.

From Salon Feb. 10, 2026

As the investigation into the scandal grew, a string of athletes were incriminated, including British sprinter Dwain Chambers.

From Barron's Nov. 3, 2025

The archdiocese said its internal investigation had shown that Woelki himself wasn’t one of the “users of incriminated sites,” German news agency dpa reported.

From Seattle Times Aug. 18, 2023

Mr Vaitilingam KC then asked why his phone had disappeared and suggested he had gotten rid of it because it incriminated him.

From BBC May 4, 2023

But I was determined not to participate in any way, for that would have surely, by implication, incriminated me in a network of guilt which I did not share.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

The vehicle’s registration turned out to be expired, Castronovo said, but the driver was allowed to leave without a citation after the officers searched his vehicle and found nothing incriminating.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Passed in the wake of Watergate, when President Richard Nixon tried to keep incriminating materials from being made public, the law changed who legally owned the papers: It was now the American public.

From Salon Apr. 17, 2026

It seems like prosecutors rushed through this plea agreement without knowing or caring that far more incriminating evidence was on the way.

From Slate Mar. 20, 2026

It has also forced a gradual change in people’s behavior to align with the government’s goal of limiting the spread of incriminating information.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 14, 2026

The cops had her laptop, and she wouldn’t have kept any-thing incriminating on that drive anyway.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin




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