Serving to criminate; providing evidence that suggests guilt or implicates someone in a crime.
Present participle of criminate. Used since the 16th-17th centuries as a legal and descriptive term.
A 'criminating witness' or 'criminating evidence' is the kind that turns an investigation in a specific direction—it's the smoking gun moment in a mystery.
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