as in to accuse
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
scornfully declaring that he was not the only one to blame, he immediately began criminating a host of confederates
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An Indiana police officer is accused of forcing his six-year-old daughter to stand outside in freezing temperatures holding a sign threatening her brother as punishment for pouting because she was not allowed to wear lip gloss.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
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Join 15 others in the comments View Comments Under Vought, the agency has recently dropped enforcement actions against several firms accused of ripping off Americans, including Capital One and Rocket Homes, a unit of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN,
16 Mar. 2025
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The jury also indicted Carpenter, who is facing the same felony charge as the Louisiana woman.—
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arkansasonline.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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Nearly a year later, in January 2024, Holley was indicted by an Orange County grand jury for second-degree murder.—
Veronica Fulton,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Lottie’s wellness cult is no more, although an incriminating video tape gives the adults at least some pretense of narrative tension.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
13 Mar. 2025
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But sometimes the police turn out to be the bad guys, and the incriminating evidence is on them.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Criminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminate. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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