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  • 51crimination — See criminate. * * * …

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  • 52criminative — /krim euh nay tiv, neuh tiv/, adj. involving crimination; accusatory. Also, criminatory /krim euh neuh tawr ee, tohr ee/. [1725 35; CRIMINATE + IVE] * * * …

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  • 53incriminate — incrimination, n. incriminator, n. incriminatory /in krim euh neuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /in krim euh nayt /, v.t., incriminated, incriminating. 1. to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury. 2 …

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  • 54The Seal of Confession —     The Law of the Seal of Confession     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession     In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… …

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  • 55charge — 1 n 1 a: something required: obligation b: personal management or supervision put the child in his charge c: a person or thing placed under the care of another 2: an authoritative instr …

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  • 56incriminate — in·crim·i·nate /in kri mə ˌnāt/ vt nat·ed, nat·ing 1: to charge with involvement in a crime he was incriminated in the conspiracy 2: to suggest or show involvement of in a crime among the evidence that incriminated him was a box of trigge …

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  • 57accuse — verb /əˈkjuːz/ a) To find fault with, to blame, to censure. Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. b) To charge with having committed a crime or …

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  • 58criminal — 1. adjective a) Being against the law; forbidden by law. Printing such asinine opinions without rebuttal is criminal, even when not libel! b) Guilty of breaking the law. His criminal record shows his resistance to all crime prevention and… …

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  • 59crimination — noun /ˌkrɪmɪˈneɪʃən/ An accusation of wrongdoing, a recrimination ... and when the ambassadors, after a fruitless attempt at negotiation, which evaporated in mutual crimination and recrimination, set out on their return to Aragon, they were twice …

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  • 60accuse — ac·cuse vb ac·cused, ac·cus·ing [Latin accusare to find fault with, charge with a crime, from ad to, at + causa legal case, trial] vt: to charge with an offense judicially or by a public process compare indict vi: to make or bring an accusation… …

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