incriminate
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According to the Tattoo Union, the vast majority of victims were young women tattooists who feared reporting it to police because they could incriminate themselves in the process.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
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
By contrast he wouldn't let them go hard after David Pecker, his buddy who also happens to have a box full of papers that Trump believes might incriminate him in god-only-knows-what.
From Salon ● May 31, 2024
For Rusty Bernstein, Raymond Mhlaba, and Ahmed Kathrada, the evidence of involvement in conspiracy was slight and we decided they should not incriminate themselves.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Watching her react — by not reacting — as a recording seemingly incriminates her and accusations fly, shows how masterful Hüller’s performance truly is.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2024
While most of the trial has focused on Fotis Dulos, prosecutors say evidence also incriminates Troconis.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
And in forensic science, bias can subconsciously influence experts to interpret data in a way that incriminates a suspect.
From Science Magazine ● May 12, 2022
The inquiry chairman said it was "completely inconsistent" for Abdallah's legal team to argue he was wholly innocent while also saying he will not answer questions in case he incriminates himself.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2021
Taken at its simplest, it is a clue which directly incriminates someone whose initial is H, and it was dropped there unwittingly by that person.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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Kading, who wrote his own book on the case, has said for some time that Davis incriminated himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
As the investigation into the scandal grew, a string of athletes were incriminated, including British sprinter Dwain Chambers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
It wasn’t until a full century later, in 1934, that mosquitoes were incriminated as potential vectors for the disease.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024
And now I’ve incriminated myself when it happens.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023
But despite these revelations, he was an extremely damaging witness, for the judge found him reliable and believable, and his testimony incriminated nearly all of us.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Police later found incriminating messages on Eldahouzze's phone, including a picture of the stolen watch.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
It may have to do with a seemingly incriminating video on a digital drive, which has been mailed anonymously to Robert’s wife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The vehicle’s registration turned out to be expired, Castronovo said, but the driver was allowed to leave without a citation after the officers searched his vehicle and found nothing incriminating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
It seems like prosecutors rushed through this plea agreement without knowing or caring that far more incriminating evidence was on the way.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026
All the way home, I keep going over and over them as if I were an intelligence officer marking all the incriminating passages.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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