incriminatory
/in'kriminəitəri/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Serving to incriminate; making someone appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing: The word describes evidence, testimony, or information that suggests or implies guilt or blame. It is a formal term often used in legal contexts.
Usage
- The adjective "incriminatory" is used to describe something (like a statement, document, or piece of evidence) that tends to establish or suggest guilt. It is typically placed before a noun (e.g., incriminatory evidence) or used after a linking verb (e.g., The documents were highly incriminatory).
Examples
- Adjective:
- The prosecutor presented incriminatory emails linking the defendant to the fraud scheme.
- His sudden flight from the city was seen as incriminatory behavior.
- The witness refused to give any incriminatory testimony against her former employer.
Advanced Usage
- "Incriminatory material": Physical or digital evidence that can be used to suggest guilt.
- The police seized computers suspected of containing incriminatory material.
- "In an incriminatory manner": In a way that suggests blame or guilt.
- He spoke about the incident in a vague yet incriminatory manner.
Variants and Related Words
- Incriminate (verb): To make someone appear guilty of a crime; to accuse.
- The new evidence could incriminate the suspect.
- Incrimination (noun): The action of accusing or the state of being accused of a crime.
- He feared incrimination if he spoke to the police.
- Self-incriminatory (adjective): Serving to incriminate oneself.
- The suspect invoked his right against self-incriminatory testimony.
Synonyms
- Damning: (of evidence or a report) strongly suggestive of guilt.
- Inculpatory: Tending to incriminate or blame (a formal, chiefly legal synonym).
- Accusatory: Indicating or suggesting that one believes a person has done something wrong.
Antonyms
- Exculpatory: Tending to clear someone from alleged fault or guilt.
- The defense lawyer presented exculpatory evidence.
- Vindicating: Clearing someone of blame or suspicion.
Related Phrases
- Incriminatory statement: A spoken or written declaration that suggests the speaker's or another's guilt.
- The suspect was read his rights before making any incriminatory statement.
- Potentially incriminatory: Having the possibility of suggesting guilt.
- Lawyers advised her not to answer potentially incriminatory questions.
Adjective
- charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
- incriminatory testimony
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