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Criminated

Criminate \Crim"i*nate\ (kr?m"?-n?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Criminated (-n?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Criminating (-n?"t?ng).] [L. criminatus, p. p. of criminare, criminari, to criminate, fr. crimen. See Crime.]

  1. To accuse of, or charge with, a crime.

    To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt, independent, and reforming parliament.
    --Burke.

  2. To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable to a criminal charge.

    Impelled by the strongest pressure of hope and fear to criminate him.
    --Macaulay.

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criminated

vb. (en-past of: criminate)