Reverse Dictionary: INCRIMINATE

ADJECTIVES
► CRIMINATIVE charging someone with a crime or grave offense; incriminating; accusatory → a1734
► CRIMINATORY accusatory; incriminating → 1576

NOUNS
► FIT-UP an act of unjust incrimination → 1985 sl.
► FRAME an act of unjust incrimination → 1929 sl., orig. US
► PLANT something hidden in a person’s clothing, among their possessions, etc. in order to incriminate them → 1926 sl.
► SET-UP a scheme or trick by which an innocent person is incriminated → 1968 sl., orig. US
► VERBAL an incriminating statement attributed to an arrested or suspected person → 1963 sl., orig. & chiefly Brit.

VERBS
► FINGER to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate → 1930 sl., orig. US
► FIT ► FIT UP to (attempt to) incriminate someone, esp. by planting false evidence → 1882 sl., orig. Aust.
► FIX ► FIX UP to falsely incriminate → 1790 US sl.
► FRAME to (attempt to) incriminate someone, esp. by planting false evidence → 1915 sl., orig. US
► GRASS to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate → 1936 sl., orig. Brit.
► JOB to incriminate someone → 1903 sl., orig. US
► PEEP to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate → 1911 sl.
► POOL to betray, often implying incrimination → 1907 Aust. sl.
► POT to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate → 1911 Aust. sl.
► PUT IN to incriminate → 1922 sl.
► PUT THE FINGER ON to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate → 1924 sl., orig. US
► RAT to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate → 1932 sl.
► SET UP to pre-arrange things or lead someone on in order to incriminate the person → 1956 sl.
► SHELF to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate → 1936 Aust. sl.
► SHOP to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate → 1899 sl., chiefly Brit.
► SNOUT to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate → 1923 sl.
► SPLIT to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate → 1795
► STAG to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate → 1839
► TALK to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate → 1924 sl.
► TELL to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate → 1539
► VERBAL to attribute an incriminating statement to an arrested or suspected person→ 1963 sl., orig. & chiefly Brit.