as in to accuse
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
scornfully declaring that he was not the only one to blame, he immediately began criminating a host of confederates
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Two other people connected to the case have been accused of money laundering and corruption.—
Llazar Semini,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025 -
In April, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had openly accused China of supplying Russia with weapons.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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In 2023, a grand jury indicted Gutierrez-Reed on a felony charge of bringing a firearm into a New Mexico bar on Oct. 1, 2021.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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Smerling was previously indicted in January on charges of embezzling from a business partner.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
20 May 2025
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James responded that the story stopped because he was instructed not to say anything that would incriminate himself.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
20 May 2025
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The indictment also alleges that, in addition to physical violence and threats to their livelihoods, Combs used incriminating footage from freak offs to blackmail, control, and silence his victims.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
13 May 2025
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“Criminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminate. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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