CRIMINATED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

criminated

verb

past tense of criminate

as in accused

to make a claim of wrongdoing against scornfully declaring that he was not the only one to blame, he immediately began criminating a host of confederates

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Lopes is one of seven former Chi Phi fraternity brothers who are accused in a lawsuit of drugging and raping a female Cornell student at their fraternity house in October 2024.

— Kelsie Cairns , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
The trial is expected to start Thursday for a man accused of fatally running over his girlfriend, a junior in high school, in Burlington in 2023 during a night allegedly involving underage drinking and a violent argument.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026

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Reiner was indicted on murder charges earlier this year and faces life without the possibility of parole if convicted at trial.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
That was when she and her brother were removed from the home of Arthur and her husband, Cledith Arthur, after he was indicted and charged with raping his 12-year-old stepdaughter.

— Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

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