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criminate

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crim⋅i⋅nate

  [krim-uh-neyt]
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–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

Related forms:
crim⋅i⋅na⋅tion, noun
crim⋅i⋅na⋅tor, noun
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crim·i·nate   (krĭm'ə-nāt')   
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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