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UK
/ɪnkɹˌɪmɪnˈeɪʃən/
]
[ US /ˌɪnˌkɹɪməˈneɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˌkɹɪməˈneɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
his incrimination was based on my testimony
the police laid the blame on the driver
How To Use incrimination In A Sentence
- But lawyers for Solyndra executives said their clients would not answer lawmakers' questions, invoking their rights to avoid self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. House Republicans step up probe into energy loans
- The Law Commission proposed that the privilege should be restricted to incrimination for crimes punishable by imprisonment.
- The normal privilege against self-incrimination is abrogated by the terms of section 31 in such proceedings.
- The Fifth Amendment protection against self - incrimination means that the defendant does not have to testify.
- ‘One weakness in the original defence case is that they never developed the defence of incrimination,’ he said.
- Lileikis has tried unsuccessfully to assert a Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination rather than answer allegations in the suit.
- A witness can legally refuse to give evidence to avoid self-incrimination.
- The normal privilege against self-incrimination is abrogated by the terms of section 31 in such proceedings.
- For DAG to acknowledge any part of the HRW evidence is tantamount to self-incrimination. Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Feed Them and Bleed Them
- Boelens invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when he refused to answer questions at a creditors meeting on Monday.