as in to accuse
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
in exchange for a reduced sentence, the thief agreed to incriminate his accomplice
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Recent Examples of incriminate
But why would someone leave behind a laptop containing incriminating information against themselves?
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Time, 21 Aug. 2025
But Govan’s lawyer worked to shed doubt on the police investigation and said cellphone communications between him and the killers failed to directly incriminate the defendant.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
Arora argued that the cellphone communications presented in court between Govan, Johnson, and Smith did not directly tie his client to the killings in an incriminating manner.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
Trump has not pardoned Maxwell, but has commented on the possibility while speaking to the press amid speculation in the media that a pardon could be tied to her providing incriminating new information related to Epstein.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
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Time, 21 Aug. 2025
But Govan’s lawyer worked to shed doubt on the police investigation and said cellphone communications between him and the killers failed to directly incriminate the defendant.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
Arora argued that the cellphone communications presented in court between Govan, Johnson, and Smith did not directly tie his client to the killings in an incriminating manner.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
Trump has not pardoned Maxwell, but has commented on the possibility while speaking to the press amid speculation in the media that a pardon could be tied to her providing incriminating new information related to Epstein.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
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Stevenson, who was on probation and is not legally allowed to own a firearm, is accused of killing his victim after impaling him with an arrow, according to the RPD.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Cash remains hopeful that the provision will be implemented later because cameras could both exonerate teachers who have been falsely accused of neglect and provide evidence against those teachers who do not follow state protocols.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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Burns was indicted by a grand jury in Fayetteville in November and pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography in February, according to court documents.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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In 2010, out of about 162,000 cases prosecuted in federal courts, grand juries did not indict 11 defendants, according to a FiveThirtyEight report published in 2014, citing the Bureau of Justice Statistics.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Incriminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incriminate. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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