incriminating

Thân thiện

The detective found an incriminating fingerprint on the glass.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Suggesting or indicating guilt or blame: Providing evidence or information that makes someone appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.
   • Serving to accuse or implicate: Having the quality of charging someone with responsibility for an offense.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The police found incriminating evidence at the suspect's home.
  • Her incriminating testimony was crucial for the prosecution's case.
  • He was careful not to leave any incriminating documents on his computer.

Advanced Usage

• "Self-incriminating": Describing evidence or statements made by a person that implicate themselves in a crime.
  • The defendant refused to answer questions to avoid making any self-incriminating statements.

Variants and Related Words

• Incriminate (verb): To make someone appear guilty of a crime; to accuse.
  • The new evidence could incriminate the CEO.
• Incrimination (noun): The act of incriminating or state of being incriminated.
  • He feared incrimination if he spoke to the police.

Synonyms

• Damning: Causing severe condemnation.
• Inculpatory: Tending to incriminate or blame.
• Accusatory: Indicating or suggesting blame.

Antonyms

• Exculpatory: Tending to clear from alleged fault or guilt.
• Vindicating: Clearing someone of blame or suspicion.

Học thuật

Adjective

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• criminative
• criminatory
• incriminatory