INCRIMINATE in a Sentence

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1. The former president tried to destroy an audio tape that could be used to to incriminate him.
2. Their theories are incriminated, their aim suspected, their ulterior motive is feared, their conscience denounced.
3. So cleverly was the colonel concealed that, even when the Moriarty gang was broken up, we could not incriminate him.

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 Meanings and Examples of INCRIMINATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
incriminate
 v.  accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
Classic Sentence:
1  So cleverly was the colonel concealed that, even when the Moriarty gang was broken up, we could not incriminate him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
2  Their theories are incriminated, their aim suspected, their ulterior motive is feared, their conscience denounced.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE N...
Example Sentence:
1  The former president tried to destroy an audio tape that could be used to to incriminate him.