criminate

criminate
To incriminate; to involve a person in the commission of a crime; to give evidence against a defendant in a criminal prosecution against him.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • Criminate — Crim i*nate (kr?m ? n?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Criminated} ( n? t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Criminating} ( n? t?ng).] [L. criminatus, p. p. of criminare, criminari, to criminate, fr. crimen. See {Crime}.] 1. To accuse of, or charge with, a crime.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • criminate — index accuse, arraign, blame, charge (accuse), complain (charge), denounce (condemn) …   Law dictionary

  • criminate — [krim′ə nāt΄] vt. criminated, criminating [< L criminatus, pp. of criminari < crimen: see CRIME] 1. to accuse of a crime or crimes 2. to give proof of the guilt of; incriminate 3. to condemn; censure crimination n. criminative adj.… …   English World dictionary

  • criminate — To charge one with crime; to furnish ground for a criminal prosecution; to implicate, accuse, or expose a person to a criminal charge. A witness cannot be compelled to answer any question which has a tendency to criminate him. See incriminate… …   Black's law dictionary

  • criminate — To charge one with crime; to furnish ground for a criminal prosecution; to implicate, accuse, or expose a person to a criminal charge. A witness cannot be compelled to answer any question which has a tendency to criminate him. See incriminate… …   Black's law dictionary

  • criminate falsely — index frame (charge falsely) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • criminate unfairly — index frame (charge falsely) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • criminate unjustly — index frame (charge falsely) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • criminate — transitive verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: Latin criminatus, past participle of criminari, from crimin , crimen accusation Date: 1645 incriminate • crimination noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • criminate — crimination, n. criminator, n. /krim euh nayt /, v.t., criminated, criminating. 1. to charge with a crime. 2. to incriminate. 3. to censure (something) as criminal; condemn. [1635 45; < L criminatus ptp. of criminari to accuse. See CRIME, ATE1] * …   Universalium

  • criminate — verb a) To accuse, incriminate, impeach. b) To rebuke, censure, reprimand. See Also: crimination …   Wiktionary

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