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Criminate (Verb)

Meaning 1

Rebuke formally.

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • The judge sought to criminate the defense attorney for making highly personal attacks against the witness.
  • Her party colleagues voted to criminate them for causing a major scandal that damaged their reputation.
  • In the parliamentary session, opposition members attempted to criminate the minister over the recent corruption allegations.
  • He was formally criminanted by his superiors for consistently failing to meet the expected performance targets.
  • The board criminanted the manager for not taking due action to prevent the firm from incurring significant financial losses.

Synonyms

  • Reprimand
  • Censure

Hypernyms

  • Criticize
  • Knock
  • Pick Apart

Hyponyms

  • Animadvert

Meaning 2

Bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • The prosecution will criminate the defendant for their role in the embezzlement scheme.
  • Witnesses came forward to criminate the politician in the bribery scandal.
  • The inspector criminated several employees for violating company policies.
  • The victim's family criminated the perpetrator for manslaughter.
  • Evidence was gathered to criminate the suspect in the arson case.

Synonyms

  • Accuse
  • Impeach
  • Incriminate

Hypernyms

  • Accuse
  • Charge

Hyponyms

  • Lodge
  • Reproach
  • Arraign
  • Charge
  • File
  • Recriminate
  • Upbraid

Related Words

  • Crime (noun)
  • Criminatory (adjective)
  • Criminative (adjective)
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