Question

incriminate The muddy tracks leading to and from the cookie jar were enough to incriminate them. ˌɪnˈkrɪməˌneɪt

Accepted Answer

To show evidence of involvement in a crime or a fault. Testimony may incriminate a suspect by placing him at the scene of a crime, and incriminating evidence is the kind that strongly links him to it. But the word doesn't always refer to an actual crime. We can say, for instance, that a virus has been incriminated as the cause of a type of cancer, or that video games have been incriminated in the decline in study skills among young people

word	incriminate
definition	To show evidence of involvement in a crime or a fault.
eg_sentence	The muddy tracks leading to and from the cookie jar were enough to incriminate them.
explanation	Testimony may incriminate a suspect by placing him at the scene of a crime, and incriminating evidence is the kind that strongly links him to it. But the word doesn't always refer to an actual crime. We can say, for instance, that a virus has been incriminated as the cause of a type of cancer, or that video games have been incriminated in the decline in study skills among young people
IPA	ˌɪnˈkrɪməˌneɪt

Incriminate Evidence Incriminated Show Involvement Crime Fault Muddy