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(kr[GREEK]m′[GREEK]-n[GREEK]t)

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Criminated

(-n[GREEK]ˊt[GREEK]d)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Criminating

(-n[GREEK]′t[GREEK]ng)

[L.

criminatus

, p. p. of

criminare

criminari

, to criminate, fr.

crimen

. See

To accuse of, or charge with, a crime.

criminate

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

Burke.

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.

Verb.

[L.] To accuse; to charge with a crime; to alledge to be guilty of a crime, offense or wrong.

Our municipal laws do not require the offender to plead guilty or criminate himself.