criminate

criminate

verb

Definition of CRIMINATE

to make a claim of wrongdoing against <scornfully declaring that he was not the school's lone drug dealer, he immediately began criminating a host of confederates>

Synonyms charge, criminate, defame [archaic], impeach, incriminate, indict

Related Words blame, call (on), castigate, censure, condemn, criticize, damn, denounce, fault, impugn, reproach, reprobate; chide, rebuke, reprove, tax; appeal, arraign, book, cite, summon; prosecute, sue, try; frame, implicate, inculpate, inform (against), name, report; recriminate, retaliate

Near Antonyms advocate, champion, defend; excuse, forgive, justify, pardon, remit, shrive

Antonyms absolve, acquit, clear, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate