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self-incriminate

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
self--in-crim-i-nate
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To incriminate oneself.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

From self- + incriminate.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

self-incriminates (present, singular) self-incriminating (participle, present) self-incriminated (participle, past) self-incriminated (past)

Phrases

self-incrimination

Questions

What does self-incriminate mean?
To incriminate oneself.
Where does self-incriminate come from?
From self- + incriminate.

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