How to Use incriminate in a Sentence

incriminate

verb
  • Material found at the crime scene incriminates the defendant.
  • When told about the incriminating words that were cut out, Herbert shrugged.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Everyone has a right to not be forced to incriminate themselves.
    — Dan Hyman, Esquire, 7 Jan. 2016
  • And if an incriminating video existed, there wasn’t as big of a platform to share it on.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 10 July 2025
  • And if an incriminating video existed, there wasn’t as big of a platform to share it.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 1 June 2026
  • Woodruff signed a statement that incriminated himself and his four friends.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The judge notes that prosecutors have not asked the parents to incriminate their son.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 21 Feb. 2018
  • One of them is to perhaps record incriminating evidence against the bad guys.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
  • And on top of that, documents that might incriminate him in federal crimes?
    — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2022
  • But sometimes the police turn out to be the bad guys, and the incriminating evidence is on them.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Hirsch is later picked up by the authorities, and incriminates her.
    — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2016
  • My client was at the theater, your honor—and incriminating suspects in real life.
    — Steve Rushin, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Now is just about the worst possible time to get your computer stuck on an incriminating popup.
    — Tessa Bahoosh, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2020
  • The dean did not need to say anything incriminating to activate this mockery.
    — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • Figueroa declined to speak to detectives about the case, but did say two things that could be considered incriminating.
    — David Owens, courant.com, 25 June 2018
  • Although experts have argued this can be a violation of free speech, the use of rap lyrics to incriminate hip-hop artists isn’t new.
    — Zoe Guy, Vulture, 11 June 2024
  • Woodruff, who was then just seventeen years old, has in the years since been adamant that he was pressured by police to incriminate himself and others.
    — Austin Elias-De Jesus, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
  • There may be more incriminating photos.
    — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Police pulled him over and found incriminating items in his vehicle including rope, handcuffs and a ski mask.
    — Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Without incriminating statements from Patrick, the Feds were not able to press charges for perjury.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Perkins — almost 20 years after the crime — is the only one of three suspects still incriminated.
    — Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The film follows a sober actor who is blackmailed with incriminating old video footage, seeking to make amends with the people in his life and find the source of the leak.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Geon-young arrests both Dae-il and So-yeong, and convinces Dae-il to incriminate Ki-tae.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The Fifth Amendment gives citizens the right to refuse to answer any questions that may incriminate them.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Jose goes straight to find the incriminating photo in Michaela’s safe, which is apparently not so safe from her husband or his right-hand man.
    — Caroline Framke, Vulture, 23 May 2025
  • On its face, this is not incriminating — no more than the fact of contacts between the Clinton camp and the Russian regime.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 11 Dec. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • His former comrades testified against him; incriminating photos, found hidden in his garden, were shown in court.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 19 Apr. 2026

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