incriminate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they incriminate | |
| he / she / it incriminates | |
| past simple incriminated | |
| past participle incriminated | |
| -ing form incriminating |
- incriminate somebody
to make it seem as if somebody has done something wrong or illegal 使负罪；连累 They were afraid of answering the questions and incriminating themselves. 他们担心因回答这些问题而受到牵连。 He was careful not to say anything that might incriminate the others. 他小心翼翼地不说出任何可能牵连其他人的话。
Word Originmid 18th cent. (earlier (mid 17th cent.) as incrimination): from late Latin incriminat- ‘accused’, from the verb incriminare, from in- ‘into, towards’ + Latin crimen ‘crime’.