incriminate
verb🔊/ɪnˈkrɪmɪneɪt/
🔊/ɪnˈkrɪmɪneɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they incriminate | 🔊/ɪnˈkrɪmɪneɪt/ 🔊/ɪnˈkrɪmɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it incriminates | 🔊/ɪnˈkrɪmɪneɪts/ 🔊/ɪnˈkrɪmɪneɪts/ |
| past simple incriminated | 🔊/ɪnˈkrɪmɪneɪtɪd/ 🔊/ɪnˈkrɪmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle incriminated | 🔊/ɪnˈkrɪmɪneɪtɪd/ 🔊/ɪnˈkrɪmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form incriminating | 🔊/ɪnˈkrɪmɪneɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ɪnˈkrɪmɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- incriminate somebody
to make it seem as if somebody has done something wrong or illegal 使负罪；连累 They were afraid of answering the questions and incriminating themselves. 他们担心因回答这些问题而受到牵连。 🔊🔊 He was careful not to say anything that might incriminate the others. 他非常小心，不要说任何可能使其他人入罪的东西。
Word Originmid 18th cent. (earlier (mid 17th cent.) as incrimination): from late Latin incriminat- ‘accused’, from the verb incriminare, from in- ‘into, towards’ + Latin crimen ‘crime’.