incriminate
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In a series of Substack posts, the first of which has garnered 751,000 views, Lizza took aim at Nuzzi’s journalistic integrity, airing alleged text-message exchanges, love poetry and recorded conversations meant to incriminate his ex.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Byers initially did not want to testify at all, believing his life to be in danger and fearing that he might incriminate himself.
From Slate • Dec. 1, 2025
“Officers are going to be pushy, they’re going to try to get you to be nervous so that you can make a mistake and incriminate yourself,” Trujillo said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2025
"So you need the criminal case to go first, because if you made statements in the civil cases in order to defend yourself, you could possibly incriminate yourself."
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024
Quietly I gathered up the empty dye bottles—the only evidence that could ever incriminate me—and stowed them in Abbey’s backpack.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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