Definition for Incriminate
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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.