incriminating
adjective
[ ɪnˈkrɪmɪneɪtɪŋ ]
• making someone appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.
• "incriminating evidence"
incriminate
verb
• make (someone) appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.
• "he refused to answer questions in order not to incriminate himself"
Similar:
implicate,
involve,
blame,
accuse,
denounce,
inform against,
blacken the name of,
entrap,
frame,
set up,
point the finger at,
stick/pin the blame on,
rat on,
grass on,
fit up,
inculpate,
Origin:
mid 18th century (earlier (mid 17th century) as incrimination ): from late Latin incriminat- ‘accused’, from the verb incriminare, from in- ‘into, towards’ + Latin crimen ‘crime’.
