criminate
verb
crim·i·nate ˈkri-mə-ˌnāt 
criminated; criminating
transitive verb
: incriminate
crimination
ˌkri-mə-ˈnā-shən
noun 
Synonyms
- accuse
- charge
- defame [archaic]
- impeach
- incriminate
- indict
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
scornfully declaring that he was not the school's lone drug dealer, he immediately began criminating a host of confederates
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin crīminātus, past participle of crīminārī "to make charges against, accuse," derivative of crīmin-, crīmen "accusation, crime"
First Known Use
circa 1637, in the meaning defined above
criminated
verb
as in accused
to make a claim of wrongdoing against scornfully declaring that he was not the only one to blame, he immediately began criminating a host of confederates Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- accused
- indicted
- charged
- prosecuted
- blamed
- incriminated
- impeached
- sued
- defamed
- criticized
- appealed
- taxed
- faulted
- tried
- called (on)
- recriminated
- summoned
- condemned
- denounced
- cited
- impugned
- censured
- damned
- reprobated
- arraigned
- rebuked
- implicated
- chid
- reported
- booked
- inculpated
- reproached
- named
- castigated
- retaliated
- reproved
- informed (against)
- chided
- framed
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- acquitted
- exonerated
- vindicated
- cleared
- defended
- exculpated
- advocated
- absolved
- justified
- championed
- pardoned
- excused
- shrived
- remitted
- forgave
- shrove