criminate
Bring formal charges
To criminate is to accuse of or charge with a crime, or to provide evidence that implicates someone in wrongdoing.
The word is formal and somewhat archaic, largely displaced by incriminate in modern usage: The witness's testimony criminated the defendant.
Self-crimination means giving evidence against oneself.
Suggest involvement in wrongdoing
- chargeCost or accusation
- indictFormally charge with crime
- allegeAssert without substantiation
- denouncePublicly declare wrongdoing
arraign · prosecute · impeach · finger · name · identify · expose · report
Sworn statement as evidence
- witnessOne who attests
- testifyGive sworn evidence
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
affidavit · corroborate · proof · documentation · forensics · exhibit · circumstantial · damning
Imperfection or blame
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- condemnDeclare wrong or guilty
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
castigate · criticize · denounce · berate · culpability · responsibility · liability · condemnation
implicate
Suggest involvement in wrongdoing
denounce · arraign · prosecute · impeach · finger · name · identify · expose · report · betray
testimony
Sworn statement as evidence
- witnessOne who attests
- testifyGive sworn evidence
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
deposition · affidavit · corroborate · proof · documentation · forensics · exhibit · circumstantial · damning · records
fault
Imperfection or blame
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- condemnDeclare wrong or guilty
rebuke · castigate · criticize · denounce · berate · culpability · responsibility · liability · condemnation · denunciation
- criminal recordLog of past convictions
- criminal enterpriseOrganized illegal business venture
- criminal chargesFormal accusations of lawbreaking
- Smooth CriminalPolished, unruffled wrongdoer
- criminal justiceState apparatus for prosecuting offenders
- criminal profilingInferring suspect characteristics behaviorally
criminal, criminals, criminality, incriminate, criminally, incrimination, incriminating, incriminated, decriminalize