incriminate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin incrīminātus, perfect passive participle of Latin incrīminō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). First attested in 1736.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭn-krĭm′ĭ-nāt
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkɹɪm.ɪ.neɪ̯t/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkɹɪm.ɪ.næɪ̯t/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ənˈkɹəm.ə.næɪ̯t/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkɹɪm.ɪ.net/
• Rhymes: -ɪmɪneɪt
• Hyphenation: in‧crim‧i‧nate

Verb

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

1. To accuse or bring criminal charges against.

   Synonyms: criminate, inculpate, indict; see also Thesaurus:incriminate

   The newspapers incriminated the innocent man unjustly.

2. 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)
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• Finnish: syyttää (fi)
• German: beschuldigen (de)
• Greek: ενοχοποιώ (el) (enochopoió)

  Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can

• Hebrew: הפליל (hiflíl)
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• Irish: ciontaigh
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• Polish: inkryminować (pl) impf, obwiniać (pl) impf, obwinić (pl) pf, oskarżać (pl) impf, oskarżyć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: incriminar (pt)
• Romanian: incrimina (ro)
• Spanish: incriminar (es), acriminar (es)
• Ukrainian: інкримінува́ти (uk) (inkryminuváty)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

to indicate the guilt of

• Catalan: incriminar (ca)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: osoittaa syylliseksi, viitata syyllisyyteen
• German: belasten (de)
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• Māori: whakahīrau
• Polish: obciążać (pl) impf, obciążyć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: incriminar (pt)
• Romanian: incrimina (ro), inculpa (ro)
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See also

• get the goods on

Further reading

• “incriminate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.kri.miˈna.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: in‧cri‧mi‧nà‧te

Verb

incriminate

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

Participle

incriminate

1. feminine plural of incriminato

Anagrams

• anticrimine, minitrincea

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪŋ.kriː.mɪˈnaː.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iŋ.kri.miˈnaː.te]
• Hyphenation: in‧crī‧mi‧nā‧te

Verb

incrīmināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of incrīminō

Participle

incrīmināte

1. vocative masculine singular of incrīminātus

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkɾimiˈnate/ [ĩŋ.kɾi.miˈna.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: in‧cri‧mi‧na‧te

Verb

incriminate

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