criminate

verb

1. To accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate.

   transitive

   ‘I am now under confinement in this place for debt; but if you obtain […] a condition from the judge that what I reveal shall not criminate myself, I will make discoveries that shall confound that same Marquis […].’

2. To rebuke or censure (someone).

   archaic, transitive

Where it comes from

First attested circa 1591; borrowed from Latin crīminātus, perfect passive participle of crīminō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry criminate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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