Synonyms of incriminating

incriminating

verb

present participle of incriminate

as in accusing

to make a claim of wrongdoing against

in exchange for a reduced sentence, the thief agreed to incriminate his accomplice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accusing
• indicting
• prosecuting
• charging
• impeaching
• blaming
• criminating
• defaming
• suing
• damning
• criticizing
• appealing
• calling (on)
• trying
• impugning
• implicating
• taxing
• denouncing
• censuring
• citing
• condemning
• faulting
• summoning
• chiding
• castigating
• reproving
• reproaching
• reporting
• rebuking
• inculpating
• booking
• informing (against)
• arraigning
• reprobating
• retaliating
• naming
• framing
• recriminating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exonerating
• exculpating
• clearing
• vindicating
• acquitting
• defending
• absolving
• advocating
• justifying
• championing
• excusing
• forgiving
• remitting
• pardoning
• shriving

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of incriminating

The consensus among commenters is the vehicle appears to be a Toyota 4Runner, and the tarps were used because something about the body is incriminating. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026

Pembroke needs Reina's expertise for a high-stakes nighttime heist to obtain incriminating evidence. — CBS News, 29 Oct. 2026

Bundy was arrested for the first time in connection with the disappearances in August 1975, when police pulled him over and found incriminating items including rope, handcuffs and a ski mask in his vehicle. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed the film about a Facebook whistleblower who leaked incriminating documents to a Wall Street Journal reporter. — Lindsey Bahr, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026

The film will follow Freddie, a fixer to Hollywood’s supernatural elite, a man with an almost magical gift for making incriminating things disappear. — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

Authorities in 1999 found significant incriminating evidence in a storage locker that ultimately led to Blach’s conviction at trial. — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2026

Lam walked to the rear of his Miami rental home and threw his cellphone from the dock into Biscayne Bay in an attempt to destroy incriminating evidence, prosecutors say. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

Frequently, these prosecutions have invoked spy charges, with the FSB’s counterintelligence wing supplying the incriminating information. — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026