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