Incriminate and Try

Incriminate

Incriminate verb - To make a claim of wrongdoing against.
Usage example: in exchange for a reduced sentence, the thief agreed to incriminate his accomplice

Try and incriminate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Incriminate".

Nearby Words: incriminating, incriminatory

Try

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

Incriminate and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Incriminate" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

someone incriminate someone try someone
series incriminate series try series
way incriminate way try way

Both words in one sentence

  • I Shall Taunt You Booth attempts this in Bones to try and incriminate her father (using a false identity).
  • He Knows Too Much The Vigilante from Venus also expressed concern that they were going to try to kill her before she went to trial, for fear that she would incriminate them in her testimony.
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