incriminated

past tense of incriminate

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Recent Examples of incriminated Kading, who wrote his own book on the case, has said for some time that Davis incriminated himself. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 That requirement stemmed from Nixon's attempt to destroy the White House tapes that incriminated him in the cover-up of the Watergate burglary. Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026 For months leading up to his death, Thomas helped the task force by conducting nearly 100 drug buys that incriminated dozens of cocaine dealers — including a local drug kingpin who, according to investigators, ordered the hit on Thomas. Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 8 Mar. 2026 Woodruff signed a statement that incriminated himself and his four friends. Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026 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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Verb
  • State prosecutors have accused Mangione’s lawyers of trying to get that case thrown out on double jeopardy grounds under New York State law, which says a defendant can’t be tried twice for the same crime.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The office has already brought charges against four, including the mother of a 14-year-old boy accused of killing an elderly pedestrian while riding an e-motorcycle.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In April, the Department of Justice indicted 10 current and former Mexican officials, including a Morena party official, on charges related to drug trafficking and weapons offenses.
    Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Murdaugh was indicted by a grand jury in July 2022 on double-murder charges in the 2021 deaths of his wife, Margaret, 52, and the couple’s younger son, Paul, 22.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Incriminated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incriminated. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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