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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-755/
- Published: 2026-09-11T18:15:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T18:15:55.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

incriminate (verb) -

: to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault

Source : [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incriminate?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Testimony may incriminate a suspect by placing him at the scene of a crime, and incriminating evidence is the kind that strongly links him to it. But the word doesn't always refer to an actual crime. We can say, for instance, that a virus has been incriminated as the cause of a type of cancer, or that video games have been incriminated in the decline in study skills among young people.

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