INCRIMINATED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

incriminated

verb

past tense of incriminate

as in accused

to make a claim of wrongdoing against in exchange for a reduced sentence, the thief agreed to incriminate his accomplice

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Recent Examples of incriminated Kading, who wrote his own book on the case, has said for some time that Davis incriminated himself. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 That requirement stemmed from Nixon's attempt to destroy the White House tapes that incriminated him in the cover-up of the Watergate burglary. — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026 For months leading up to his death, Thomas helped the task force by conducting nearly 100 drug buys that incriminated dozens of cocaine dealers — including a local drug kingpin who, according to investigators, ordered the hit on Thomas. — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 8 Mar. 2026 Woodruff signed a statement that incriminated himself and his four friends. — Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026 Whereas criminal suspects in this past may have been incriminated by a Google query on, say, how to clean up bloodstains, a more comprehensive, detailed back-and-forth with a tool like ChatGPT gives investigators far more opportunities to prove intent and mindset, Lee explains. — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025

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The Republican billionaire accused of fueling an infestation of rats in Chicago.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
In more recent times, moreover, the first steps taken by the Third Reich toward the Holocaust began with the economic boycott of the Jews, who were accused of harming the businesses and positions of their Aryan counterparts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

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