criminative

Thân thiện

The witness gave criminative testimony during the trial.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Charging or suggestive of guilt or blame: Serving to incriminate or indicate that someone is guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.

Usage

The adjective "criminative" is used to describe evidence, testimony, or information that points toward or suggests someone's guilt. It is a formal term, often used in legal or investigative contexts. It is synonymous with "incriminatory" or "incriminating."

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The prosecutor presented criminative evidence linking the suspect to the scene.
  • His fingerprints on the weapon were highly criminative.
  • The witness's statement was considered criminative by the jury.

Advanced Usage

• "criminative of": This phrase is used to specify what the evidence or action suggests guilt of.
  • The documents were criminative of fraud within the company.
  • His sudden flight was criminative of a guilty conscience.

Variants and Related Words

• Incriminatory (adj): Having the quality of incriminating; serving to accuse or suggest guilt. (This is the most common synonym).
• Incriminating (adj): Making someone appear guilty of a crime or fault.
• Accusatory (adj): Suggesting that one believes a person has done something wrong.
• Damning (adj): (Informal, stronger) Providing conclusive evidence of guilt or error.

Synonyms

• Incriminating
• Incriminatory
• Accusatory
• Inculpatory
• Damning (informal, stronger)

Antonyms

• Exculpatory
• Vindicating
• Absolving
• Acquitting

Học thuật

Adjective

1. charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
   • incriminatory testimony

Từ đồng nghĩa

• criminatory
• incriminating
• incriminatory