self-incriminating
adjective
self-in·crim·i·nat·ing
ˌself-in-ˈkri-mə-ˌnā-tiŋ 
: serving or tending to incriminate oneself
Examples of self-incriminating in a Sentence
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Then some of those self-incriminating social media posts started showing up in warrants and indictments.
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Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
But one thing Trump seems unlikely to do, at any stage, is step back into a witness-box, where Smith’s team could confront him with detailed evidence of his efforts to overturn the election, and, quite likely, elicit some self-incriminating statements.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
And many are galled that the law will provide conditional immunity to perpetrators who step forward and offer self-incriminating evidence, no matter how terrible their crimes.
—David Segal, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
Even though the deal prohibited Davis’ words from being self-incriminating, Kading insisted that any statements could be used as an investigatory tool — and any subsequent comments from him are also fair game.
—Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
Elena Vazquez handed out business cards printed in English and Spanish with the 4th and 5th amendments, which protect against unlawful searches and self-incriminating testimony.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
But one thing Trump seems unlikely to do, at any stage, is step back into a witness-box, where Smith’s team could confront him with detailed evidence of his efforts to overturn the election, and, quite likely, elicit some self-incriminating statements.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
And many are galled that the law will provide conditional immunity to perpetrators who step forward and offer self-incriminating evidence, no matter how terrible their crimes.
—David Segal, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
Even though the deal prohibited Davis’ words from being self-incriminating, Kading insisted that any statements could be used as an investigatory tool — and any subsequent comments from him are also fair game.
—Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
Elena Vazquez handed out business cards printed in English and Spanish with the 4th and 5th amendments, which protect against unlawful searches and self-incriminating testimony.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
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