criminate

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verb

crim·​i·​nate ˈkri-mə-ˌnāt 

criminated; criminating

transitive verb

: incriminate

crimination

ˌkri-mə-ˈnā-shən 

noun

crimination

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noun

crim·​i·​na·​tion ˌkri-mə-ˈnā-shən 

plural -s

: the act of criminating : accusation

an attitude of cold determined crimination

Synonyms of criminate

Verb

• accuse
• indict
• incriminate

Examples of criminate in a Sentence

Verb

scornfully declaring that he was not the school's lone drug dealer, he immediately began criminating a host of confederates

Word History

Etymology

Verb

borrowed from Latin crīminātus, past participle of crīminārī "to make charges against, accuse," derivative of crīmin-, crīmen "accusation, crime"

Noun

Latin crimination-, criminatio, from criminatus + -ion-, -io -ion

First Known Use

Verb

circa 1637, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1534, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for criminate

• indiscriminate