criminative
Definition
- 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
Adjective
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charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
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incriminatory testimony
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