self-incriminating

adjective

self-in·​crim·​i·​nat·​ing ˌself-in-ˈkri-mə-ˌnā-tiŋ How to pronounce self-incriminating (audio)
: serving or tending to incriminate oneself

Examples of self-incriminating in a Sentence

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Rioters and violent protesters have also taken over TikTok Live, sharing self-incriminating videos of them confronting the police or members of the public in cities like Leeds, Stoke, and Hull. David Gilbert, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024 Then some of those self-incriminating social media posts started showing up in warrants and indictments. Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024 But one thing Trump seems unlikely to do, at any stage, is step back into a witness-box, where Smith’s team could confront him with detailed evidence of his efforts to overturn the election, and, quite likely, elicit some self-incriminating statements. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023 And many are galled that the law will provide conditional immunity to perpetrators who step forward and offer self-incriminating evidence, no matter how terrible their crimes. David Segal, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023 Even though the deal prohibited Davis’ words from being self-incriminating, Kading insisted that any statements could be used as an investigatory tool — and any subsequent comments from him are also fair game. Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023 Elena Vazquez handed out business cards printed in English and Spanish with the 4th and 5th amendments, which protect against unlawful searches and self-incriminating testimony. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of self-incriminating was in 1862

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“Self-incriminating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-incriminating. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

Legal Definition

self-incriminating

adjective
self-in·​crim·​i·​nat·​ing
ˈself-in-ˈkri-mə-ˌnā-tiŋ
: tending to incriminate oneself
a self-incriminating statement
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