INCRIMINATE

incriminate (in-krim-<<schwa>>-nayt), vb.1. To charge (someone) with a crime < the witness incriminated the murder suspect>.2. To identify (oneself or another) as being involved in the commission of a crime or other wrongdoing < the defendant incriminated an accomplice>. — Also termed criminate. — incriminatory,adj.

[Blacks Law 8th]