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.
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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.