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crim⋅i⋅nate

[krim-uh-neyt]

–verb (used with object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.

1.	to charge with a crime.

2.	to incriminate.

3.	to censure (something) as criminal; condemn.

Origin:
1635–45; < L crīminātus ptp. of crīminārī to accuse. See crime, -ate ¹

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crim·i·nate (krĭm'ə-nāt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. crim·i·nat·ed, crim·i·nat·ing, crim·i·nates
To incriminate.

[Latin crīminārī, crīmināt-, to accuse, from crīmen, crīmin-, accusation; see crime.]
crim'i·na'tion n., crim'i·na'tive, crim'i·na·to'ry (-nə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj., crim'i·na'tor n.

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criminate
verb
1.	bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" [syn: accuse]
2.	rebuke formally [syn: reprimand]

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Criminate

Crim"i*nate\ (kr?m"?-n?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Criminated (-n?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Criminating (-n?"t?ng).] [L. criminatus, p. p. of criminare, criminari, to criminate, fr. crimen. See Crime.]

1. To accuse of, or charge with, a crime.

To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt, independent, and reforming parliament. --Burke.

2. To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable to a criminal charge.

Impelled by the strongest pressure of hope and fear to criminate him. --Macaulay.

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