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Recent Examples of incriminate The emotional scene showed Brooks breaking down after finding incriminating messages on Savchenko’s phone. Liza Esquibias, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Charles wasn’t arrested until 2022 when investigators used new technology to clarify surveillance audio of one of his meetings with Magbanua revealing incriminating statements linking him to the murder plot, prosecutors have said. Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025 But why would someone leave behind a laptop containing incriminating information against themselves? 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 See All Example Sentences for incriminate
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Verb
  • In corroborating much of the testimony Pentagon intelligence official David Grusch offered in July 2023, Elizondo also accused the Department of Defense of hiding its UFO programs from Congress while misappropriating funds to operate them.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The charges of reckless endangerment of children are because Reed is accused of firing a gun in a parking lot where children were present, North Richland Hills police spokesperson Carissa Katekaru said.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Two months after Mendoza’s arrest, he was released after a grand jury chose not to indict him.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
  • At trial Dever accused Jackson of threatening to indict her for perjury.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Incriminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incriminate. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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