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Recent Examples of self-incrimination
While the target of a grand jury can endeavor to present witnesses, including themselves, that generally never happens because of the danger of self-incrimination.
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John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
The sorting of documents came as Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination while testifying virtually before the House Oversight Committee.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 10 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for conspiring with Epstein, appeared virtually before the panel on Monday and invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
—Alexei Koseff, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2026
Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime companion Ghislaine Maxwell declined to answer lawmakers’ questions and invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Monday.
—Jeremy Roebuck, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
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John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
The sorting of documents came as Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination while testifying virtually before the House Oversight Committee.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 10 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for conspiring with Epstein, appeared virtually before the panel on Monday and invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
—Alexei Koseff, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2026
Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime companion Ghislaine Maxwell declined to answer lawmakers’ questions and invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Monday.
—Jeremy Roebuck, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-incrimination
Noun
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Making that declaration is risky, given the history of collapses by professional teams in this city.—
Michael Cunningham,
AJC.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Court documents state that his attorney had filed a declaration of treatment and that Alvarado was in compliance.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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When the couple falls into a little Noel Cowardesque riff, the play’s central confession arrives like a comic absurdity.—
Steven Winn,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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In a new dark comedy (now in theaters) from Dream Scenario director Kristoffer Borgli, Robert Pattinson and Zendaya play Charlie and Emma, an engaged couple whose wedding plans are thrown into disarray when the latter makes a disturbing confession.—
Tiffany Kelly,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This element of self-accusation is what makes an apocalypse story distinctively modern.—
Adam Kirsch,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Warner Music Group is acquiring the B2B independent music distribution service Revelator, the company announced on Wednesday, the latest affirmation of the hot market for distributors as music companies are looking to capitalize on the indie market.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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Does your child prefer words of affirmation?—
Gail Cornwall,
Parents,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The company disputes the cancer-causing assertions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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That term encompasses exaggerated, subjective assertions of optimism that are not intended to be taken as factual, are too general to cause a reasonable investor to rely upon them and are not actionable in securities law.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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So her lifelong insistence that beauty doesn’t matter is worth examining.—
Alexis Benveniste,
Allure,
2 Apr. 2026
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Could his insistence on deferring to Washington scare them off?—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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From confirmation to downfall During her confirmation hearings, Bondi promised to safeguard the Justice Department’s independence and bolster its transparency.—
Austin Sarat,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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While the next nominee will only need a simple majority vote to become the next attorney general, just a few Republicans could derail confirmation.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Laughing, by contrast, conveyed that the person understood the mistake was trivial and didn’t require dramatic self-reproach.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Recently, many have depicted motherhood as a harrowing ordeal of failure and self-reproach.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Self-incrimination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-incrimination. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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