self-incriminated
Testified against oneself
Self-incriminated describes having made statements or taken actions that suggest one's own guilt in a crime or wrongdoing.
The Fifth Amendment protects Americans from being compelled to testify against themselves, but people routinely self-incriminate through voluntary statements: He self-incriminated when he told police he'd been at the scene.
The past tense often appears in legal contexts where someone's own words become evidence against them.
Admission of wrongdoing
- admissionEntry or confession
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- pleaFormal request or defense
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
statement · guilt · prosecution · defendant · Miranda · interrogation · trial · charges
Admission of wrongdoing
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- suspectBelieve to be likely
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- pressureForce upon contact
admission · police · interview · recorded · coerced · voluntary · statement · custody
Foolish, costly mistake
- slipMinor error or misstep
- gaffeClumsy social error
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- revealedMade visible or known
inadvertent · unintentional · exposed · betrayed · careless · overshared · damning · caught
confession
Admission of wrongdoing
evidence · statement · guilt · prosecution · defendant · Miranda · interrogation · trial · charges · indictment
confession
Admission of wrongdoing
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- suspectBelieve to be likely
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
pressure · admission · police · interview · recorded · coerced · voluntary · statement · custody · investigation
blunder
Foolish, costly mistake
revealed · inadvertent · unintentional · exposed · betrayed · careless · overshared · damning · caught · stumbled
self-incriminatedexonerated
Cleared of wrongdoing
acquitted · vindicated · cleared · absolved · exculpated
self, incriminate, incriminated, incriminating, incrimination, incriminatory, crime, crimes, criminal