criminate

An accused person is not obliged to criminate himself.

From An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by Simon Greenleaf

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

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

I am too much of a lawyer," he said, "to criminate myself, pardner, and you'll have to excuse me from going into further details.

From The Mystery of the Locks by Edgar Watson Howe

"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 Charles Carroll Goodwin

Intellectuals were denied free expression; businessmen were dis criminated against in favor of nobles.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ministers of the United States, in Europe, had reciprocally criminated each other, and some of them had been recalled.

From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall

Levison has been as good as proved guilty to-day; but if proof were wanting, he and Bethel have criminated each other.

From East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood

Elated with her success, she began to ascend in the social scale, and criminated some persons of the highest social standing in the city, whose characters were above suspicion.

From The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 by Joel Tyler Headley

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

Conway was to prepare a paper which they were to swear was found on Fred’s person, criminating Calhoun.

From Raiding with Morgan by Byron A. (Byron Archibald) Dunn