Criminate
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
To charge one with crime; to furnish ground for a criminal prosecution; to expose a person to a criminal charge. A witness cannot be compelled to answer any question which has a tendency to criminate hiin.
Stewart v. Johnson, 18 N. J. Law, 87; Kendrick v. Comm., 78 Vn. 490.