How to Use incriminate in a Sentence

incriminate

verb

• Material found at the crime scene incriminates the defendant.
• So thi this, it, this doesn’t incriminate them in any way.
  — Staff Reports, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022
• Bauer pleaded the fifth so as not to incriminate himself.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2021
• But in 2001, his influence helped mainstream the rush to incriminate America for the crimes and sins of others.
  — A. J. Caschetta, National Review, 14 Oct. 2021
• Epstein did what any lawyer would tell him to do: to avoid incriminating himself.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2019
• Without incriminating statements from Patrick, the Feds were not able to press charges for perjury.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2019
• One of those elisions is the name of the online outlet to which Winner sent the incriminating article.
  — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 29 May 2023
• Zoë hides a teapot that looks incriminating for her sister.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
• Their goal was to find the crew’s abandoned jewelry, as well as some incriminating GPS devices that Granims had thrown into the canal.
  — Geoff Manaugh, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2019
• Travis said his office doesn’t have evidence at this time that would incriminate the boy and there aren’t plans to bring charges against him, according to The Advocate.
  — Fox News, 8 July 2021
• And on top of that, documents that might incriminate him in federal crimes?
  — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2022
• By showing that Ghosn had been forced to incriminate himself while in jail, the panel of lawyers were in effect throwing the government’s entire case in doubt.
  — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2020
• Pomerantz thought the hush-money facts seemed incriminating, easy to explain to a jury.
  — Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
• Paule said Thao's Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate himself would be in jeopardy if the trials were held together.
  — NBC News, 4 Aug. 2021
• Paule said Thao’s Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate himself would be in jeopardy if the trials were held together.
  — Fox News, 4 Aug. 2021
• Paule said Thao’s 5th Amendment right not to incriminate himself would be in jeopardy if the trials were held together.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2021
• My client was at the theater, your honor—and incriminating suspects in real life.
  — Steve Rushin, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• Of course, the contents of the hard drive might incriminate Rawls, but the contents of the hard drive are not considered testimony for Fifth Amendment purposes.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 12 Feb. 2020
• Now is just about the worst possible time to get your computer stuck on an incriminating popup.
  — Tessa Bahoosh, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2020
• In a search with a warrant for the boy’s phone, detectives discovered incriminating text messages sent March 9, the complaint said.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2023
• In a criminal case, a jury will not be told that a person refused to answer questions on the basis that his response might incriminate him.
  — Barbara McQuade, Time, 22 Sep. 2022
• Kading said that Davis, under the proffer, could not incriminate himself in the interview.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• The evidence was incriminating: A surveillance video showed the defendant, gun drawn, climbing out of a car and firing three shots at the victim.
  — Mikita Brottman, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2024
• One reason may be the volume of incriminating evidence other than rap lyrics in each case.
  — Bill Hochberg, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Others stem from bumping up against the guardrails put in place to keep lawyers from advocating for their clients with one hand while possibly incriminating them with the other.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
• In an attempt to catch Chris saying something incriminating, Kevin was wearing a wire.
  — Colleen Halpin, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2023
• Still, the judge let the incriminating journal and text messages in, setting the stage for what legal experts predict will be a successful appeal.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2024
• There's a lot of contention as to why insurance companies have failed to offer discounts for using a dash cam, and how and if the footage can be used to legally incriminate an at-fault driver.
  — Hearst Autos Gear Team, Car and Driver, 15 Mar. 2022
• The staging allows the audience to be the jury, voting to incriminate or exonerate Paltrow once and for all in the court of public opinion.
  — Charlotte Lytton, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
• With the exception of the rights not to be compelled to incriminate oneself, or to be stripped of one’s citizenship, no rights in the Constitution are absolute.
  — Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 3 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024