Definition for CRIM'IN-ATE

CRIM'IN-ATE, v.t. [L. criminor, criminatus.]

To accuse; to charge with a crime; to alledge to be guilty; of a crime, offense, or wrong. Our municipal laws do not require the offender to plead guilty or criminate himself. – Scott on Lev. vi. Beloe's Herod.

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