Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminate
Verb
  • The opposition accuses Fico of eroding democratic standards, media freedom, and covering up corruption.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Moynihan was accused of removing pages from the notebook and taking photos with his phone.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The administration had highlighted several arrests for carrying weapons and assaulting federal agents – but the judge responded that federal grand juries had refused to indict at least three of those arrested, indicating a lack of probable cause.
    Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • He was indicted on kidnapping charges.
    Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Still, the families of some deceased celebrities and public figures have criticized OpenAI for allowing depictions of vulgar, unflattering or incriminating behavior.
    Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Whereas criminal suspects in this past may have been incriminated by a Google query on, say, how to clean up bloodstains, a more comprehensive, detailed back-and-forth with a tool like ChatGPT gives investigators far more opportunities to prove intent and mindset, Lee explains.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Criminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminate. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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