criminate

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Vaughan, who does not appear to have ventured any direct denial, managed to avoid giving a categorical reply, and to get excused from answering on the ground that he might criminate himself.

From The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick by Bradlaugh, Charles

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

"Just speak up the truth; but you are not forced to say anything to criminate yourself."

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry

Recriminate, rē-krim′in-āt, v.t. to criminate or accuse in return.—v.i. to charge an accuser with a similar crime.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

It's a flam and a humbug,—a fiction like the old story about an Englishman's house being his castle, or that balderdash, 'No man need criminate himself.'

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James