incriminated Definition

incriminate
verb incriminated, incriminating

1a. To show that they were involved in something (especially in a crime);

Example: The witnesses' evidence incriminated him
Thesaurus: implicate, inculpate.
Form: incriminate someone in something (sometimes)
1b. To involve or implicate them (especially in a crime).

Example: tried to incriminate me in the theft
Form: incriminate someone in something (sometimes)
2. To charge someone with a crime or fault.

Thesaurus: accuse, blame, charge, inculpate, condemn.

Derivative: incriminating
adj

Derivative: incrimination
noun

Etymology: 18c: from Latin incriminare, incriminatum to accuse someone of a crime.