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criminate

[krim-uh-nayt] / ˈkrɪm əˌneɪt /


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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 Charles James Lever

I had instantly made up my mind that I would say nothing to criminate any one.

From The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich by A.W. Drayson

An accused person is not obliged to criminate himself.

From An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by Simon Greenleaf

Nowadays we do not ask a prisoner to criminate himself.

From In Jail with Charles Dickens by Alfred Trumble

When the Commission met, and the treasurer and his deputy were called before it, they refused to answer questions which would criminate themselves.

From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by J. Hamilton Fyfe

Intellectuals were denied free expression; businessmen were dis criminated against in favor of nobles.

From Time Magazine Archive

She is criminated by it, even past her father's contradiction—and he doesn't stick at a trifle!

From Basil by Wilkie Collins

The witnesses were fewer than at the Deemster's inquest, and they had nothing to say that directly criminated the fishermen.

From The Deemster by Sir Hall Caine

"He burnt the sole evidence that could at all have criminated me."

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père

These were, one very descriptive of the lady, and the other, of an incident in which this infamous woman was so deeply criminated.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Isaac Disraeli

Once some of the novelty wears off, Xerox users will probably learn to be a little more dis criminating about what they copy.

From Time Magazine Archive

I lave extremely acute hearing and vision, plus a sense of smell extraordinarily dis criminating ...

From Time Magazine Archive

And yet there were those slavish enough to justify France, by criminating the American government.

From Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Benson John Lossing

Then came a long criminating and recriminating chapter.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Maria Edgeworth

Witnesses are not excused from answering criminating questions; but their evidence cannot be used against them in any proceedings except criminal proceedings for perjury in respect of that evidence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various


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