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CRIMINATE
reprimand, censure, criminate
(verb) rebuke formally
accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate
(verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against; “The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
criminate (third-person singular simple present criminates, present participle criminating, simple past and past participle criminated)
(transitive) To accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate. [from 17th c.]
(transitive, now, rare) To rebuke or censure (someone). [from 17th c.]
Anagrams
• anticrime, antimeric, carminite, macrinite, metrician
Source: Wiktionary
Crim"i*nate (kr, v. t. [imp & p. p. Criminated (-n; p. pr. & vb. n. Criminating (-n.] Etym: [L. criminatus, p. p. of criminare, criminari, to criminate, fr. crimen. See Crime.]
1. To accuse of, or charge with, a crime. To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt, independent, and reforming parliament. Burke.
2. To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable to a criminal charge. Impelled by the strongest pressure of hope and fear to criminate him. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
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