criminate

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The savage vehemence with which he uttered these words caused a shudder throughout the crowded court, and went even further to criminate him in popular opinion than all that had been alleged in evidence.

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James

As in law, so in morals, no man need criminate himself, but he who does so by an inadvertence is lost.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James

Perhaps my anxious appearance may have struck him, for he quickly said,— "You will be specially warned against saying anything which might criminate yourself, so that you need have no fears on that account."

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James

Nowadays we do not ask a prisoner to criminate himself.

From In Jail with Charles Dickens by Trumble, Alfred

Nay, prisoner, you are not called on to say what may criminate you.

From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James