Home › Words › I › incriminationincriminationincrimination · noun — the act of incriminating someone.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyBorrowed from Medieval Latin incriminatus ( + -ion), from incrimino, from Latin crimino. Equivalent to incriminate + -ion.nounThe act of incriminating someone.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.incriminatory 78% match — That incriminates. vs incrimination →incriminating 73% match — Causing, showing, or proving that one is guilty of wrongdoing. vs incrimination →accriminate 70% match — To accuse of a crime. vs incrimination →accrimination 70% match — Accusation, recrimination. vs incrimination →criminate 69% match — To accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate. vs incrimination →crimination 69% match — An accusation of wrongdoing, a recrimination vs incrimination →inculpate 68% match — To imply the guilt of; to blame or incriminate. vs incrimination →inculpatory 68% match — That causes someone to be blamed for something. vs incrimination →