INCRIMINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incrimination mean? 

• INCRIMINATION (noun)
  The noun INCRIMINATION has 1 sense:

1. an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed

  Familiarity information: INCRIMINATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCRIMINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

blame; incrimination; inculpation

Context example:

the police laid the blame on the driver

Hypernyms ("incrimination" is a kind of...):

accusal; accusation (a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incrimination"):

self-incrimination (an accusation that incriminates yourself)

Derivation:

incriminate (bring an accusation against; level a charge against)

incriminate (suggest that someone is guilty)