Crim"i*nate (kr&?;m"&?;-n&?;t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Criminated (- n&?;`t&?;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Criminating (-n&?;"t&?;ng).] [L. criminatus, p. p. of criminare, criminari, to criminate, fr. crimen. See Crime.] 1. To accuse of, or charge with, a crime.

To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt, independent, and reforming parliament.
Burke.

2. To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable to a criminal charge.

Impelled by the strongest pressure of hope and fear to criminate him.
Macaulay.