criminate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: criminate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for criminate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
criminate v bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" Synonym(s): accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate rebuke formally Synonym(s): reprimand, censure, criminate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Criminate \Crim"inate\ (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.