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Recent Examples of incriminate The Justice Department has spent months investigating, and there’s been no indication that prosecutors have managed to uncover any degree of incriminating evidence necessary to secure an indictment. Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025 The two defended their actions, including jamming a paper shredder with incriminating documents, as being necessary to secure the release of American hostages being held in Lebanon and to curb Soviet expansionism. Josh Meyer, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 None were incriminating and Paqueta claimed the deletions had been to help navigate family tensions. Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025 Why would someone with the political backing of President Milei and the power of a Security Minister agree to a meeting with Ballard, and then go on to incriminate himself so directly? Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for incriminate
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  • Campbell has accused the SCORE Act of disadvantaging these groups while coddling the NCAA.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Tate has been accused of assaulting at least four 14 and 15-year-old boys, but police believe that there could be more victims and are encouraging parents to speak with their children to see if they were harmed.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • Zohran Mamdani, Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, shared what New York Attorney General Letitia James told him after she was indicted on Thursday.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Pulte got his money back and the former West associate was indicted on a federal wire fraud charge, though the case was later dropped.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Incriminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incriminate. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.

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