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Synonyms for incriminate

Most common

implicate indict charge blame accuse impeach

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Implicate — to accuse or bring criminal charges against

implicate, indict, charge, charre UK, blame, inculpate, criminate, tax, arraign, censure, accriminate dated

Other

imply

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To accuse or bring criminal charges against.

    The newspapers incriminated the innocent man unjustly.

  2. v. 2

    To indicate the guilt of.

    We have all sorts of evidence which incriminates you.

Related words

Word family
incriminatory incrimination
Is a kind of
blame

Forms

Past participle
incriminated
e.g. incriminated → implicated, indicted, charged, blamed…

Example sentences

  • indict The grand jury decided not to indict the police officer.
  • implicate If you implicate me, I'm warning you, I won't go down alone.
  • imply A good education doesn't imply a good upbringing.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
incriminatefalling
indictsteady
implicaterising
inculpatesteady
criminatefalling
implysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
tax1
5 letters
blame1, imply2
6 letters
charge1, accuse2, indict2, charre
7 letters
impeach2, censure2, arraign2
8 letters
denounce2
9 letters
implicate3, inculpate, criminate
11 letters
accriminate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (imply2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
incriminer
Italiano
incriminare