incriminate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin incriminatum, past participle of incrimino, from Latin in + crimino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈkɹɪmɪneɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Verb

incriminate (third-person singular simple present incriminates, present participle incriminating, simple past and past participle incriminated)

1. (transitive) To accuse or bring criminal charges against.

   The newspapers incriminated the innocent man unjustly.

2. (transitive) To indicate the guilt of.

   We have all sorts of evidence which incriminates you.

Derived terms

• incriminator
• incriminatory
• self-incriminate

Related terms

• criminate
• incrimination

Translations

to accuse or bring criminal charges against

Catalan: inculpar (ca) Finnish: syyttää (fi) German: beschuldigen (de) Greek: ενοχοποιώ (el) (enochopoió) Hebrew: הפליל (hiflíl) Irish: ciontaigh Polish: inkryminować (pl) impf, obwiniać (pl) impf, obwinić (pl) pf, oskarżać (pl) impf, oskarżyć (pl) pf Portuguese: incriminar (pt) Romanian: incrimina (ro) Ukrainian: інкримінува́ти (uk) (inkryminuváty)

to indicate the guilt of

Catalan: incriminar (ca) Finnish: osoittaa syylliseksi, viitata syyllisyyteen German: belasten (de) Maori: whakahīrau Polish: obciążać (pl) impf, obciążyć (pl) pf Portuguese: incriminar (pt) Romanian: incrimina (ro), inculpa (ro)

See also

• get the goods on

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

incriminate

1. inflection of incriminare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

incriminate f pl

1. feminine plural of incriminato

Anagrams

• anticrimine, minitrincea

Spanish

Verb

incriminate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of incriminar combined with te