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Well, if I used the privilege of self-incrimination at that time, I must have felt that perhaps there might be something that might incriminate me in answering.
Ethel Rosenberg

Meaning of "incriminate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INCRIMINATE

From Late Latin incrīmināre to accuse, from Latin crīmen accusation.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INCRIMINATE

incriminate  [ɪnˈkrɪmɪˌneɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCRIMINATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incriminate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb incriminate in English.

WHAT DOES INCRIMINATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

incriminate

Crime

In ordinary language, the term crime denotes an unlawful act punishable by a state. The term crime does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition, though statutory definitions have been provided for certain purposes. The most popular view is that crime is a category created by law. One proposed definition is that a crime, also called an offence or a criminal offence, is an act harmful not only to some individual, but also to the community or the state. Such acts are forbidden and punishable by law. The idea that acts like murder, rape and theft are prohibited exists all around the world. What precisely is a criminal offence is defined by criminal law of each country. While many have a catalogue of crimes called the criminal code, in some common law countries no such comprehensive statute exists. The state has the power to severely restrict one's liberty for committing a crime. Therefore, in modern societies, a criminal procedure must be adhered to during the investigation and trial.

Definition of incriminate in the English dictionary

The definition of incriminate in the dictionary is to imply or suggest the guilt or error of. Other definition of incriminate is to charge with a crime or fault.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INCRIMINATE

PRESENT

Present
I incriminate
you incriminate
he/she/it incriminates
we incriminate
you incriminate
they incriminate
Present continuous
I am incriminating
you are incriminating
he/she/it is incriminating
we are incriminating
you are incriminating
they are incriminating
Present perfect
I have incriminated
you have incriminated
he/she/it has incriminated
we have incriminated
you have incriminated
they have incriminated
Present perfect continuous
I have been incriminating
you have been incriminating
he/she/it has been incriminating
we have been incriminating
you have been incriminating
they have been incriminating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I incriminated
you incriminated
he/she/it incriminated
we incriminated
you incriminated
they incriminated
Past continuous
I was incriminating
you were incriminating
he/she/it was incriminating
we were incriminating
you were incriminating
they were incriminating
Past perfect
I had incriminated
you had incriminated
he/she/it had incriminated
we had incriminated
you had incriminated
they had incriminated
Past perfect continuous
I had been incriminating
you had been incriminating
he/she/it had been incriminating
we had been incriminating
you had been incriminating
they had been incriminating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will incriminate
you will incriminate
he/she/it will incriminate
we will incriminate
you will incriminate
they will incriminate
Future continuous
I will be incriminating
you will be incriminating
he/she/it will be incriminating
we will be incriminating
you will be incriminating
they will be incriminating
Future perfect
I will have incriminated
you will have incriminated
he/she/it will have incriminated
we will have incriminated
you will have incriminated
they will have incriminated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been incriminating
you will have been incriminating
he/she/it will have been incriminating
we will have been incriminating
you will have been incriminating
they will have been incriminating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would incriminate
you would incriminate
he/she/it would incriminate
we would incriminate
you would incriminate
they would incriminate
Conditional continuous
I would be incriminating
you would be incriminating
he/she/it would be incriminating
we would be incriminating
you would be incriminating
they would be incriminating
Conditional perfect
I would have incriminate
you would have incriminate
he/she/it would have incriminate
we would have incriminate
you would have incriminate
they would have incriminate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been incriminating
you would have been incriminating
he/she/it would have been incriminating
we would have been incriminating
you would have been incriminating
they would have been incriminating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you incriminate
we let´s incriminate
you incriminate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to incriminate
Past participle
incriminated
Present Participle
incriminating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCRIMINATE


abominate
əˈbɒmɪˌneɪt
contaminate
kənˈtæmɪˌneɪt
criminate
ˈkrɪmɪˌneɪt
culminate
ˈkʌlmɪˌneɪt
decontaminate
ˌdiːkənˈtæmɪˌneɪt
delaminate
diːˈlæmɪˌneɪt
discriminate
dɪˈskrɪmɪˌneɪt
disseminate
dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt
dominate
ˈdɒmɪˌneɪt
eliminate
ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt
examinate
ɪɡˈzæmɪˌneɪt
exterminate
ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪt
germinate
ˈdʒɜːmɪˌneɪt
illuminate
ɪˈluːmɪˌneɪt
inseminate
ɪnˈsɛmɪˌneɪt
laminate
ˈlæmɪˌneɪt
nominate
ˈnɒmɪˌneɪt
predominate
prɪˈdɒmɪˌneɪt
ruminate
ˈruːmɪˌneɪt
terminate
ˈtɜːmɪˌneɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCRIMINATE

incremental
incremental plotter
incremental recorder
incremental value
incrementalism
incrementalist
incrementally
increscent
incretion
incretionary
incretory
incriminating
incrimination
incriminator
incriminatory
incross
incrossbred
incrossbreed
incrust
incrustation

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCRIMINATE

alginate
aluminate
assassinate
caseinate
combinate
coordinate
determinate
donate
fascinate
hallucinate
indeterminate
indiscriminate
indoctrinate
marinate
ordinate
originate
paginate
procrastinate
subordinate
succinate
urinate

Synonyms and antonyms of incriminate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INCRIMINATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «incriminate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of incriminate

Translation of «incriminate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCRIMINATE

Find out the translation of incriminate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of incriminate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incriminate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

归罪于
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

incriminar
570 millions of speakers

English

incriminate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दोषी ठहराना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تجريم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

инкриминировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incriminar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিযুক্ত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

incriminer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bertentangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

belasten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

~に責任を負わせる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

~이 유죄인듯 보이게 하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyegah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

buộc tội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குற்றவாளியாக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दोषारोप करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

suçlamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incriminare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oskarżania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інкримінувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

incrimina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενοχοποιήσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

inkrimineer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

incriminate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

anklage
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incriminate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCRIMINATE»

The term «incriminate» is regularly used and occupies the 106.368 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCRIMINATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incriminate

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QUOTES WITH «INCRIMINATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word incriminate.
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Ethel Rosenberg
Well, if I used the privilege of self-incrimination at that time, I must have felt that perhaps there might be something that might incriminate me in answering.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCRIMINATE»

Discover the use of incriminate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incriminate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Telling Lies in Modern American Autobiography
ground that if you told us the answer might incriminate you. That is normally taken by this committee and the country as a whole to mean that you are a member of the party, because if you were not you would simply say, "No," and it would not ...
Timothy Dow Adams, 1990
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European Human Rights Case Summaries
Although not specifically mentioned in A 6, the right to silence and the right not to incriminate oneself were generally recognised international standards which lay at the heart of the notion of a fair procedure under A 6. Their rationale lay, inter ...
Barbara Mensah, 2001
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The Law of Privilege
62 '50 'Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate that person or ( where that person is married or a civil partner) the spouse or civil partner of that ...
Bankim Thanki QC, Bankim Thanki, Tamara Oppenheimer, 2011
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The Philosophical Papers of Alan Donagan, Volume 2: Action, ...
THI. RTE. EN. The. Right. Not. to. Incriminate. Oneself. J. he Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States contains the following words: "No person . . . shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.
Alan Donagan, J. E. Malpas, 1994
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Trial Attorney's Evidence Code Notebook 2014
incriminate him; and the proffered evidence is inadmissible unless it clearly appears to the court that the proffered evidence cannot possibly have a tendency to incriminate the person claiming the privilege. [Stats 1965, ch 299, operative Jan.
Nancy Yuenger, 2014
6
Unlocking Evidence 2nd Edition
0 CHAPTER 10 CONFESSIONS AND EVIDENCE OBTAINED UNLAWFULLY 10.6.2 Remarks that exculpate or incriminate a defendant Remarks may be incriminatory or exculpatory and the distinction is of vital importance. It makes sense ...
Jay Landa, Mohamed Ramjohn, 2013
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The Road to Dallas: the assassination of John F. Kennedy
The next day Marcello took the stand, and, when asked by Chief Counsel Kennedy for his occupation, replied cleverly, “I decline to answer that on the ground it may intend to incriminate me.” “On the ground it may 'intend' to incriminate you?
David E Kaiser, 2009
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L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected
See Article 24 as to the prohibition against compelling a witness to Incriminate himself or to answer any question the answer to which may tend to incriminate him. If a witness states that the answer to a question might tend to incriminate him , ...
‎1957
9
Code of federal regulations: The president
See Article 24 as to the prohibition against compelling a witness to incriminate himself or to answer any question the answer to which may tend to Incriminate him. If a witness states that the answer to a question might tend to incriminate him , ...
United States. President, United States. Office of the Federal Register, 1957
10
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
(h) In the event the Commission determines to release or use evidence or testimony which it has determined may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, in such a manner as to reveal publicly the identity of such person, such ...
‎1967

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCRIMINATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incriminate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Brazil lower house speaker says to break with government …
... administration and prosecutor general Rodrigo Janot of conspiring to incriminate him in a broadening corruption scandal at state-run oil firm ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
2
Flight MH 17: One year on, lies galore and zero evidence against …
On October 27, over five months later, the Dutch Chief Investigator Fred Westerbeke claimed there was no evidence to incriminate the Russians ... «Pravda, Jul 15»
3
Filming case will be resolved by next week, prosecutor says
... his First Amendment right to free speech (or not to speak) and Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself may have been violated. «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»
4
Inquiry to examine possible corruption by da Silva - Updated News
In a news conference in Brasilia, Cunha accused the Rousseff administration and prosecutor general Rodrigo Janot of conspiring to incriminate ... «Updated News, Jul 15»
5
Lyon Sisters' Abductor Snatched Girls To Exploit Them — Arrests In …
The alleged abductor said he had nothing to do with the Lyon sisters' abduction and continues to incriminate his uncle. Welch is the first of ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
6
Did the Rosenberg Prosecutors Suborn Perjury? | Bennett L …
... guilty for a reduced sentence, changed his story for the trial to incriminate Ethel, which resulted in his wife Ruth not being charged at all. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
7
Dewey Defense Attacks Testimony Linking Leaders to Fraud
"Don't you think you should know all the facts before you come to this court and incriminate people?" he added, eliciting an objection from ... «New York Law Journal, Jul 15»
8
Federal grand jury investigating Santa Ana police officers seen in …
Casillas noted that because the officers have not been indicted, their attorney's concerns that they could “self-incriminate” themselves is ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
9
On Bitcoin: Voices from the cutting edge | The Metropolitan …
... proof of ownership of a tangible or intangible entity and the presence of the mens rea and actus reus to exonerate or incriminate the accused, ... «Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Jul 15»
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PHD Ministries fraud case: Defence targets Magaya - NewsDay …
... audio recording of a man purporting to instruct one of the accused to incriminate the accused in his police statement. PAIDAMOYO MUZULU. «NewsDay, Jul 15»

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