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Definition: Incriminating |
IncriminatingAdjective1. Charging or suggestive of guilt or blame; "incriminatory testimony". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "incriminating" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references) |
Synonyms: IncriminatingSynonyms: criminative (adj), criminatory (adj), incriminatory (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Incriminating |
| English words defined with "incriminating": implicate, implication, incriminatingly, informing ♦ ratting. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "incriminating": Itch. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "incriminating": incriminate. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ok all you have to do is record on this tape and get fat Tony to say something incriminating. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The German Government undertakes to furnish all documents and information of every kind, the production of which may be considered necessary to ensure the full knowledge of the incriminating acts, the discovery of offenders and the just appreciation of responsibility. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Russia | In May procurators raided the offices of the radio station Ekho Moskvy, the only profitable Media-Most property, supposedly searching for incriminating financial documents. (references) |
Uzbekistan | Members of the National Security Service reportedly tortured Mirzakarim with electric shocks in front of his brother until Mirzafar agreed to sign a statement incriminating himself and others. (references) | |
Human Rights | Slovak Republic | In November 2000, the Bratislava district court ruled to halt the criminal prosecution of Ukrainian citizen Oleg Tkhoryk for the killing due to lack of incriminating evidence. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Incriminating" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 52.08% of the time. "Incriminating" is used about 48 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 52.08% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 43.75% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.08% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.08% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 48 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "incriminating": criminative criminatory incriminating incriminatory ♦ incriminating evidence. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "incriminating": self-incriminating. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "incriminating"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | който уличава вина (incriminatory), инкриминиращ (criminative, incriminatory, inculpatory), инкриминиране. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 牵连 (implicate, implicated, Implicating, incriminate, Incriminated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | overtuigingsstuk (evidence, incriminating document). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | incriminant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | beschuldigend (accusing, inculpating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ενοχοποιητικόσ (incriminatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | terhelő (damning, have the goods on sy, incriminatory), gyanút keltő, gyanú alapjául szolgáló. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | incriminatingay acuzator (accusatory, accuser, arraigner, charger, denunciator, indicter, prosecutor, the prisoner at the bar). (various references) инкриминировать инкриминирующий. (various references) okrivljujući. (various references) incriminatorio (incriminatory). (various references) anklagelse- (incriminatory, inculpatory), anklagande (accusatorial, accusatory, denunciative, denunciatory, incriminatory). (various references) suçlayıcı (accusatory, accusing, denunciatory, incriminatory). (various references) що обвинувачуÑ" (criminatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "incriminating" (pronounced i'nkri"munā'ting) |
| 10 | -k r i" m u n ā' t i ng | discriminating. |
| 8 | -i" m u n ā' t i ng | eliminating. |
| 7 | -m u n ā' t i ng | contaminating, culminating, disseminating, dominating, emanating, exterminating, illuminating, laminating, nominating, predominating, terminating. |
| 6 | -u n ā' t i ng | alienating, assassinating, chlorinating, coordinating, decaffeinating, detonating, fascinating, hydrogenating, impersonating, originating, procrastinating, rejuvenating, resonating, subordinating, urinating. |
| 5 | -n ā' t i ng | alternating, designating, donating, stagnating. |
| 4 | -ā' t i ng | abbreviating, abdicating, abrogating, accelerating, accentuating, accommodating, accumulating, activating, adjudicating, administrating, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, alleviating, allocating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, articulating, assimilating, associating, authenticating, automating, calculating, captivating, castigating, castrating, celebrating, circulating, coagulating, collaborating, commemorating, communicating, compensating, complicating, concentrating, confiscating, congratulating, consolidating, consummating, contemplating, cooperating, corroborating, cultivating, debilitating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, degenerating, delegating, deliberating, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deteriorating, devastating, dictating, differentiating, disintegrating, dissipating, domesticating, duplicating, educating, elaborating, electroplating, elevating, emigrating, emulating, encapsulating, enunciating, equivocating, eradicating, escalating, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, exacerbating, exaggerating, exasperating, excavating, excoriating, excruciating, exhilarating, exonerating, extenuating, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fluctuating, formulating, frustrating, generating, graduating, gravitating, gyrating, hesitating, humiliating, illustrating, imitating, implicating, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, incorporating, incubating, indicating, infatuating, infiltrating, infuriating, ingratiating, initiating, instigating, insulating, integrating, interrogating, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, invigorating, irritating, isolating, legislating, levitating, liberating, liquidating, litigating, locating, lubricating, mandating, manipulating, masturbating, mediating, meditating, migrating, misappropriating, mitigating, moderating, motivating, mutilating, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negotiating, nitrating, nonoperating, obliterating, obviating, officiating, operating, orchestrating, oscillating, overestimating, overstating, participating, penetrating, percolating, permeating, perpetrating, perpetuating, placating, pontificating, populating, precipitating, prognosticating, proliferating, promulgating, propagating, pulsating, radiating, reactivating, reallocating, recalculating, reciprocating, recreating, recuperating, redecorating, reevaluating, regenerating, regulating, rehabilitating, reincorporating, reinvigorating, reiterating, relegating, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, replicating, repudiating, resuscitating, retaliating, reverberating, rotating, salivating, saturating, segregating, separating, simulating, speculating, stimulating, stipulating, suffocating, syndicating, tabulating, titillating, tolerating, underestimating, understating, undulating, vacillating, validating, ventilating. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abutting, accenting, accepting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, acquitting, acting, adapting, addicting, adjusting, admitting, adopting, affecting, afflicting, airlifting, alerting, allotting, amounting, annotating, appointing, arresting, assaulting, asserting, assisting, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, carpeting, carting, casting, catapulting, cavorting, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commenting, committing, commuting, competing, complementing, completing, complimenting, composting, computing, concocting, conducting, conflicting, confronting, connecting, consenting, consisting, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, contacting, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, decanting, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, deleting, delighting, delisting, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deserting, destructing, detecting, detracting, devoting, dieting, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, disgusting, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, dissenting, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, dusting, eating, editing, effecting, elating, electing, eliciting, emitting, enacting, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, equating, erecting, erupting, escorting, everlasting, evicting, exacting, exalting, excepting, exciting, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhorting, existing, exiting, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extorting, extracting, extraditing, fainting, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, grafting, granting, grating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, hunting, hurting, igniting, impacting, imparting, implanting, implementing, importing, imprinting, inciting, indicting, infecting, infighting, inflating, inflicting, ingesting, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instituting, instructing, insulting, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrupting, intersecting, inventing, investing, inviting, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, lasting, letting, lifting, lighting, limiting, listing, looting, lusting, malting, manifesting, marketing, marting, mating, matting, meeting, melting, minting, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, mounting, mutating, muting, negating, neglecting, nesting, netting, nonbiting, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obstructing, offsetting, omitting, opting, orbiting, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, perfecting, permitting, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, porting, posting, pouting, predicting, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, profiting, prohibiting, projecting, promoting, prompting, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, readjusting, reasserting, rebutting, recanting, recasting, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recruiting, redacting, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regretting, reigniting, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, rejecting, relating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renting, repainting, repeating, replanting, reporting, representing, reprinting, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotting, rusting, salting, saluting, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, selecting, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, starting, stating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, toasting, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underreporting, underwriting, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, vacating, vaulting, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-i-i-i-i-m-n-n-n-r-t" | |
-2 letters: criminating. | |
-4 letters: incanting. | |
-5 letters: citrinin, granitic, inarming, inciting, mannitic, training, trancing. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-g-i-i-i-i-m-n-n-n-r-t" | |
+3 letters: indiscriminating, undiscriminating. | |
+5 letters: indiscriminatingly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 63 72 69 6D 69 6E 61 74 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. -.-. .-. .. -- .. -. .- - .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100011 01110010 01101001 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n c r i m i n a t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0063 0072 0069 006D 0069 006E 0061 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43806984757975806786758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Historic 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Translations: Modern 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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