criminate

verb

ˈkri-mə-ˌnāt How to pronounce criminate (audio)
Definition of criminatenext
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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminate
  1. accuse
  2. indict
  3. incriminate
Verb
  • Musk quickly sued the commission, accusing it of political bias and exceeding its authority.
    Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The trial against Richard Allen continues Tuesday, Election Day, in Delphi, Indiana. Allen, 52, is accused of killing two teens who went missing Feb. 13, 2017, and were found dead the next day.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of accuse
Verb
  • Becker was indicted last April for allegedly leaking a confidential Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report to the Niners and then lying about it.
    Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The dispute over the election also landed him in legal trouble, with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indicting him on conspiracy charges.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of indict
Verb
  • As the details are sorted out, Justin has to figure out how to keep the jury from convicting an innocent man — most of them just want to get home for dinner — while not incriminating himself.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Prosecutors were prepared to present incriminating statements Kelly made on social media about the shooting had the case gone to trial.
    Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of incriminate
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Thesaurus Entries Near criminate

criminals

criminate

criminated

See More Nearby Entries 

Cite this Entry

“Criminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

Copy Citation

Share

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See All

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)

Plural and Possessive Names: A Guide

The Difference Between 'i.e.' and 'e.g.'

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?
See All

Popular in Wordplay

See All

8 Words with Fascinating Histories

8 Words for Lesser-Known Musical Instruments

Birds Say the Darndest Things

10 Words from Taylor Swift Songs (Merriam's Version)

10 Scrabble Words Without Any Vowels
See All

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Word Game Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
silhouette of a man with a megaphone against a british flag
Another Great British Vocabulary Quiz, Innit? A double-decker quiz with words from across the pond