It is a matter of course, my lord, that Mr. Cecil denies the accusation; it is very wise; the law specially cautions the accused to say nothing to criminate themselves.
I wish sincerely we were not compelled to criminate you.
Quite right; you are not required to criminate yourself.
Your words criminate yourself as well as Lord Vincent.
But he would say nothing which would seem to criminate Mealyus.
For a time, however, I will leave home, not from any fears upon my own account, but to avoid the painful duty of being called upon to criminate the guilty.
This manoeuvre was intended to criminate Somerset, without the hazard of his wife's declaring his innocence on hearing him implicated.
I am bound by no law to criminate or to furnish accusations against myself.
With regard to Smith, you have the best of all evidence against him, his own declarations, for it surely is not to be imagined that any man would criminate himself contrary to the truth.
Her proposed evidence was vigorously objected to by Clerk on account of the relation in which she stood to his client--both panels were included in one indictment, and it was impossible to criminate the one without the other.
As far as I understand her evidence, she said nothing which has a tendency to criminate my client.
Marshall delivered a long written opinion upon the question as to whether a witness could be forced to give testimony which he believed might criminate himself.
Spies and informers, in the pay of the Rebel government, prowl through the country, using every artifice and strategy to lead Union men to criminate themselves, after which they are dragged to prison and to death.
These wicked men, thirsting for my blood, had no right to make me criminate myself or my coadjutors.
Weak-hearted men, impatient at the first pain, will confess crimes they never committed, and criminate others at the same time.
I do not, however, think our learned brother can press the witness to say anything that might criminate himself.
You are not obliged, however, to say anything to criminate yourself, therefore, let your answer be considerate.
He must submit to the decision of the Court, which will determine whether his answer may criminate him, by revealing either guilt or a possible link in the evidence of guilt.
Mr. Harris, of New York, moved as an amendment: “Nor shall this Act be so construed as to require any witness to testify to any fact which shall tend to criminate him.
In this admission, made rather to criminate than to honor the church, made indeed to throw the obloquy of schism upon the popes themselves, is there not an unwilling testimony to the Papacy's unflinching championship of virtue?
It is a humiliating spectacle to see the self-debased railroad officials confessing their own guilt by refusing to testify before the Interstate Commerce Commission on the ground that they would thereby criminate themselves.
How comes it that the Company's servants are not able to give evidence in the affairs of Mr. Hastings, without its tending to criminate themselves?
I will not answer this question," they say, "because it tends to criminate myself.
This letter, which has been made use of to criminate the Begums, has not their names mentioned, nor is there any possibility of their being included in it.
The other witnesses, who appeared here as evidences tocriminate the Begums, did it by rumors and hearsays.
The savage vehemence with which he uttered these words caused a shudder throughout the crowded court, and went even further to criminate him in popular opinion than all that had been alleged in evidence.
Ada, it is true I shall have to give evidence which may help to criminate Hugh; but it is more than equally false that I ever volunteered to bear {461} witness against him.
Then we warned him not to say anything which might criminate himself, so he only bent his head reverently, and said again, 'My God, Thou knowest I am innocent.
Mr. Walker here appealed to the coroner, and said he objected to such insinuations being made there; that Mr. Kavanagh had done his best to criminate the prisoner, and that he was now trying to cast the blame upon others.
Hugh Atherton was a suspected man, and the press did its work well that morning in trying to criminate him.
He cannot bear that the blood-stained fingers should grasp the hem of his garment, and he turns with a sense of shame from the expressions of a gratitude that criminate him in his own heart.
Then,' suggested Miss Abbey, though with a deeper shade of perplexity than before, 'you criminate yourself.
He resolutely refused to criminate himself; and the evidence against him was insufficient.
You should not ask him to criminate himself," said Mr Brodrick.
Mr Apjohn was not only anxious to criminatehim now, but had been anxious when such anxiety on his part had been intrusive and impertinent.
I don't like making a man criminate himself," said Mr Brodrick.
To criminate the Queen was the only and the obvious method.
Though these writers dared not accuse or in any way criminate the Queen, yet the respectful doubts, with which their defence of her were seasoned, did indefinitely more mischief than any direct attack, which could have been directly answered.
But while he acknowledged and deplored his own vices, he could not criminate Clinton.
I do not extenuate my own offences, but I will not criminate others.
With the native chivalry of his character, he refused to criminate his friend, and justify his father's anger.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "criminate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
