Incrimination (Noun)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The district attorney's office sought her incrimination as the mastermind behind the crime syndicate.
- Her statement provided further incrimination against the corrupt business partner.
- He realized that by turning himself in, he could potentially shift the incrimination away from his siblings.
- In court, the victim's family requested her incrimination be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
- Witness testimony placed the prime suspect at the scene of the crime, supporting the prosecution's claims of incrimination.