criminate
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They accepted, indeed, her bribes, but prudently declined to carry out their part of the agreement, well knowing that she dare not venture to criminate herself by an open rupture with them.
From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by William Henry Withrow
Nay, prisoner, you are not called on to say what may criminate you.
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
Whoever thought of requiring them to criminate themselves?
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Lady Anne Hamilton
Nowadays we do not ask a prisoner to criminate himself.
From In Jail with Charles Dickens by Alfred Trumble
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 Charles James Lever
Intellectuals were denied free expression; businessmen were dis criminated against in favor of nobles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Had Pilate been compelled to give sentence against Christ, he would have had no sense of guilt; nor could he have been justly criminated.
From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Andrew Lee
She is criminated by it, even past her father's contradiction—and he doesn't stick at a trifle!
From Basil by Wilkie Collins
"He burnt the sole evidence that could at all have criminated me."
From The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père
I vindicated— I cleared—and yet no felon's dock for Jasper!—the son not criminated by the father's acquittal!
From What Will He Do with It? — Volume 11 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
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
The endeavour failed, and the only criminating evidence against the prisoner was contained in the alleged confessions of Winter and Crofts, who, however, were not called as witnesses.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
"Is it, then, on account of criminating yourself that you answer thus vaguely?"
From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by James Fenimore Cooper
He said:— I beg to say that I cannot publish the criminating declaration of which you speak.
From The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada by J. George (John George) Hodgins
