incriminates
Shows someone's guilt
Incriminates means makes someone appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.
Evidence incriminates a suspect; testimony incriminates an accomplice.
To incriminate yourself is to say or do something that suggests your own guilt—hence the right against self-incrimination.
The emails incriminate several executives in the scheme.
Suggests connection to wrongdoing
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- witnessOne who attests
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
guilt · charges · indictment · confession · documents · trial · defendant · complicity
Formal written records
- recordingsStored audio or video
- fingerprintsRidge patterns identifying individuals
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- paper trailDocumentary evidence chain
emails · texts · surveillance · photographs · receipts · ledgers · forensics · ballistics
One who provides intelligence
- snitchOne who tells authorities
- turncoatOne who betrays allegiance
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- betraysActs against one's allies
exposes · rats · snitches · cooperates · plea deal · immunity · testimony · accomplice
implicates
Suggests connection to wrongdoing
prosecution · guilt · charges · indictment · confession · documents · trial · defendant · complicity · wrongdoing
documents
Formal written records
- recordingsStored audio or video
- fingerprintsRidge patterns identifying individuals
- DNAHereditary code molecule
paper trail · emails · texts · surveillance · photographs · receipts · ledgers · forensics · ballistics · blood
informant
One who provides intelligence
- snitchOne who tells authorities
- turncoatOne who betrays allegiance
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
betrays · exposes · rats · snitches · cooperates · plea deal · immunity · testimony · accomplice · co-conspirator
incriminatesexonerates
Officially clears of blame
absolves · exculpates · clears · acquits · vindicates
incriminatesdefends
Acts to protect
protects · shields · vouches for · stands up for · alibis
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