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
criminating
verb
as in accusing
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
- accusing
- indicting
- prosecuting
- incriminating
- charging
- impeaching
- blaming
- defaming
- reprobating
- suing
- criticizing
- impugning
- appealing
- arraigning
- inculpating
- censuring
- reproaching
- denouncing
- taxing
- reproving
- summoning
- damning
- faulting
- trying
- condemning
- chiding
- implicating
- rebuking
- citing
- castigating
- reporting
- recriminating
- retaliating
- booking
- naming
- calling (on)
- framing
- informing (against)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- exculpating
- acquitting
- exonerating
- vindicating
- defending
- clearing
- absolving
- advocating
- justifying
- championing
- remitting
- excusing
- pardoning
- forgiving
- shriving