- present participle of incriminate.
incriminating
Example Sentences
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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 said it also took into account "the public discussion on social media, which was incriminating for the defendant".
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
In recent days, police—on foot and in vehicles, some equipped with night-vision goggles—have been near Chakwera’s house trying to catch an incriminating glimpse of the canines, residents said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
They scoured the property, dug up the fields, and found the buried boxes full of their incriminating cargo as well as an old box of papers.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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