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
There are a number of incriminating factors against him, including the end of their affair and the revelation that Carolyn was pregnant.
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Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026
Geon-young arrests both Dae-il and So-yeong, and convinces Dae-il to incriminate Ki-tae.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
The phone contained incriminating text messages between Ketcham and the boyfriend, according to her arrest warrant.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
Ortiz also allegedly sent incriminating text messages and participated in electronic transfers of funds.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Nov. 2025
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Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026
Geon-young arrests both Dae-il and So-yeong, and convinces Dae-il to incriminate Ki-tae.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
The phone contained incriminating text messages between Ketcham and the boyfriend, according to her arrest warrant.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
Ortiz also allegedly sent incriminating text messages and participated in electronic transfers of funds.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Nov. 2025
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Groft was accused of cutting down 12 trees, as well as sawing the limb off a 13th, across a seven-day period beginning April 13 — sometimes in broad daylight, other times in the dead of night.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Lively accused Baldoni and his associates of having waged a retaliatory smear campaign against her.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Bezalel Zini, brother of Israeli security service chief David Zini, was indicted over smuggling 14 cartons of cigarettes through the Sufa crossing between southern Gaza and Israel in a scheme that netted him about $117,000.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Three former Catholic Charities employees have been indicted in a $2 million fraud scheme.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Incriminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incriminate. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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