incriminate

English

/ɪŋˈkɹɪmɪneɪt/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To accuse or bring criminal charges against.
  • (transitive) To indicate the guilt of.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incriminatum, in (in, into, not, towards, un-, without, inside, lacking, against, to) root from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

Gloss

separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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