incrimination

/in,krimi'neiʃn/

Thân thiện

The police officer's incrimination of the driver was based on the witness's account.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of accusing someone of a crime or fault; the process of charging someone with blame or responsibility for a lapse or misdeed. It refers to making an allegation that someone is guilty of wrongdoing.

Usage

The noun "incrimination" is used to describe the formal or informal act of accusing someone. It often implies that evidence or testimony is involved in making the accusation. It is commonly found in legal, journalistic, and formal contexts.

Examples

• The suspect's incrimination was based on strong forensic evidence.
• Her testimony led to his incrimination in the fraud scheme.
• The article was an obvious attempt at public incrimination without a fair trial.

Advanced Usage

• Self-incrimination: The act of implicating oneself in a crime or exposing oneself to prosecution, often by one's own statements. This is a key legal concept related to the right to remain silent.
  • The defendant invoked his Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination.

Variants and Related Words

• Incriminate (verb): To make someone appear guilty of a crime or fault; to accuse.
  • The evidence seemed to incriminate the manager.
• Incriminating (adjective): Serving to incriminate or show guilt.
  • They found incriminating documents on his computer.
• Incriminatory (adjective): Another term for incriminating.

Synonyms

• Accusation: A charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong.
• Blame: Responsibility for a fault or wrong.
• Inculpation (formal): The act of blaming or incriminating someone.

Antonyms

• Exoneration: The act of officially absolving someone from blame.
• Vindication: The action of clearing someone of blame or suspicion.
• Acquittal: A judgment that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged.

Related Phrases

• To lay the blame/incrimination on someone: To assign responsibility or accusation to a specific person.
  • The report laid the incrimination squarely on the company's executives.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
   • his incrimination was based on my testimony
   • the police laid the blame on the driver

Từ đồng nghĩa

• inculpation
• blame