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Definition
to make someone appear guiltyMore rarely (and more archaically), incriminate can mean to bring an accusation against.
- She refused to answer on the grounds that she might incriminate herself.
incriminate = make herself look guilty
- Her actions are incriminating.
- The evidence incriminates her.
- We're stopped and searched occasionally, but there's nothing on our persons to incriminate us.Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451
- I'd just be sure to burn all, urn, incriminating dresses.Kody Keplinger -- The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend)
- Maybe I don't want to incriminate myself.Laurie Halse Anderson -- Speak
- His hair was pretty incriminating, too.Kody Keplinger -- The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend)
- She threatens the Circle monopoly and, surprise, the feds find incriminating stuff on her computer.Dave Eggers -- The Circle
- I have sources, Jason, and errors are made in high places and I'll incriminate no one by using names.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
- I'll say anything they like, I'll incriminate anyone.Margaret Atwood -- The Handmaid's Tale
- He might say something incriminating.Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
- Peyton said, "Thank you, Preacher," and skipped away, not wishing to incriminate him further, if it really was true that goldfish were illegal.Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon
- Their theories are incriminated, their aim suspected, their ulterior motive is feared, their conscience denounced.Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
- Watson's reports are most incriminating documents."Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- He was not supposed to be standing there, brisk and confident and cheerful, with the incriminating papers at his feet.Robert Penn Warren -- All the King's Men
- Coupled with knowing Kathy, it seemed so incriminating.James Patterson -- 1st to Die
- The fact that I was allowed to sleep this late means that there was no news to incriminate me.Pittacus Lore -- I Am Number Four
- And if he incriminates himself or his son?J.D. Robb -- Glory in Death
- You have a very good memory—for anything that incriminates me.John Le Carre -- The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
- So peaceful, in the canopy, beyond distress and self-incrimination.Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
incriminating = making her look guilty
incriminate = make appear guilty
incriminating = making appear guilty
incriminate = make appear guilty
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)