Definition for Incriminate

From Biology Forums Dictionary

Meaning

To show evidence of involvement in a crime or a fault.

Sentence

The muddy tracks leading to and from the cookie jar were enough to incriminate them.

Commentary

We often hear of incriminating evidence, the kind that strongly links a suspect to a crime. Verbal testimony may incriminate by placing the suspect at the scene of the crime or describe behaviour that involves him or her in it. We can also say that a virus has been incriminated as the cause of a type of cancer, and that television has been incriminated in the decline in study skills among young people.