self-incriminate

verb

To incriminate oneself.

Meanings

verbself-incriminate (third-person singular simple present self-incriminates, present participle self-incriminating, simple past and past participle self-incriminated)

present singular third person self-incriminates · participle present self-incriminating · participle past self-incriminated · past self-incriminated

  1. intransitiveTo incriminate oneself.

Origin

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 自證其罪 /自证其罪
  • 自證其罪 /自证其罪 (zìzhèngqízuì)incriminate oneself
Finnish syyllistää itsensä, kriminoida itsensä
  • syyllistää itsensäincriminate oneself
  • kriminoida itsensäincriminate oneself
French auto-incriminer
  • auto-incriminerincriminate oneself
Polish samoobwiniać, samoobwinić
  • samoobwiniaćincriminate oneself
  • samoobwinićincriminate oneself
  • samooskarżaćincriminate oneself
  • samooskarżyćincriminate oneself
Spanish autoinculparse
  • autoinculparseincriminate oneself
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