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Definitions for incriminating
in·crim·i·nat·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
criminative, criminatory, incriminating, incriminatoryadjective
charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
"incriminatory testimony"
Wiktionary
incriminatingadjective
Causing, showing, or proving that one is guilty of wrongdoing.
Etymology: incriminate + -ing
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incriminating
Incriminating refers to involving or appearing to involve someone in an illegal activity, crime or wrongdoing, often by providing evidence that proves guilt or wrongness. It generally applies to statements, evidence, or actions that suggest a person's involvement in a crime or condemnable action.
Webster Dictionary
Incriminating
of Incriminate
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of incriminating in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of incriminating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of incriminating in a Sentence
We have credible information that indicates that Russian officials are working with the Syrian regime to deny and to delay these inspectors from gaining access to Douma, russian officials have worked with the Syrian regime, we believe, to sanitize the location of those suspected attacks and remove incriminating evidence of chemical weapons used.
You don’t just make up lies for the sake of lying, you lie in particular when there is a reason for you to lie. And, generally speaking in this context, when it relates to incriminating evidence, correct?
What’s happened here is that health care has been completely changed, now when we tell the truth we’re incriminating ourselves.
The other is harder : Does government know information on the device is incriminating.
This case is about abusing the power of the subpoena to force Exxon to turn over many decades’ worth of records, so an attorney general with an agenda can pore over them in hopes of finding something incriminating, [It] ... represents an effort to punish Exxon for daring to hold an opinion on climate change that differs from that of radical environmentalists.
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