criminate

Example Sentences

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"Proceed, Alex, only do not forget that under the merciful statutes of the State of Nevada no man is obliged to make statements which will criminate himself."

From The Comstock Club by Goodwin, Charles Carroll

The English law, with a tenderness then unknown, would now protect a man from all efforts to make him criminate himself.

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John

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

This disclosure, if it exculpates you, will of course criminate her, and among those, too, where she has been received and admitted on terms of the closest friendship.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James

I had to choose between the alternative of this, or else, by a palpable avoidance of my duty, criminate myself, and leave my conduct open to the most dangerous comments of my enemies.

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James