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Incriminating

To accuse or bring criminal charges against.

📖 Definitions of "Incriminating"

verb
  1. 1

    To accuse or bring criminal charges against.

    "The newspapers incriminated the innocent man unjustly."

  2. 2

    To indicate the guilt of.

    "We have all sorts of evidence which incriminates you."

adjective
  1. 1

    Causing, showing, or proving that one is guilty of wrongdoing.

🔄 Synonyms of "Incriminating"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
inculpatoryThat causes someone to be blamed for something.
incriminatoryThat incriminates.
inculpativecausing blame to be imputed to
criminative(archaic) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.
criminatory(archaic) Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusatory.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Incriminating"

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WordDefinition
criminatory(archaic) Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusatory.
criminative(archaic) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.
inculpatoryThat causes someone to be blamed for something.
inculpativecausing blame to be imputed to
accusingnounAccusation.
compromisingnounWilling or able to make a compromise.
underminingnounThe act or process by which something is undermined.
endangeringnounThe act of putting someone or something in danger.
hamperingnounThat which hampers; an impediment.
affectingProducing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
characterizingverb(transitive) To be typical of.
criminalizingverb(transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
jeopardisingverbNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of jeopardize. [(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.]
jeopardizingverb(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
outlawingverbA fugitive from the law.
accusativenoun(grammar) The accusative case.
bloodstainedStained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood.
guilty(law) Judged to have committed a crime.
blamefulblameworthy
offendingnounThe act of committing an offence.

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