incriminating evidence

collocation in English

meaningsofincriminatingandevidence

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incriminating
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈkrɪm.ɪ.neɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ɪnˈkrɪm.ə.neɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
making it seem that someone is guilty, especially of ...
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evidence
noun[U]
uk
/ˈev.ɪ.dəns/us
/ˈev.ə.dəns/
one or more reasons for believing that something is or is ...
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(Definition ofincriminatingandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Shouldincriminatingevidenceemerge, it goes without saying that the relevant procedures would be implemented.
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Not a single piece ofincriminatingevidencehas been produced on the content of the newspaper, since it is a pluralist, objective and democratic publication.
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It is only because of hasty and bad editing that they did not cut out thatincriminatingevidencefrom this document.
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A requirement first to obtain a search warrant would merely serve notice on the offender and provide time for theincriminatingevidenceto be removed.
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The possibility of urgent action will remain in hotels or commercial premises where delay in obtaining a warrant could allow the removal ofincriminatingevidence.
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It would have been possible to piece together theincriminatingevidence.
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In those papers there might be many instances ofincriminatingevidencewhich he might not wish to produce.
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We give the police a temptation when we allow them to proceed to a prosecution and not only to stop and search forincriminatingevidence.
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How many policemen might have been stopped from giving false andincriminatingevidenceif the suspect had given them an early verifiable explanation?
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If someone is holdingincriminatingevidenceon his computer, he may refuse to give the key because the incriminating evidence might incur a severe sentence.
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Either you getincriminatingevidence, in which case a charge ought immediately to be made, or if nothing is found there, an apology ought to be made.
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They do frequently search premises without search warrants, and, if successful in findingincriminatingevidence, all goes well, so far as the investigating officers are concerned.
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During the wedding dinner, the capos gather their families and leave prematurely to dispose of or hide anyincriminatingevidencein their possession.
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Having searched his apartment, they foundincriminatingevidenceand names of accomplices to the operation.
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Initially, they did not find anyincriminatingevidence, but after further searching, three bodies of young men were discovered in a nearby barn.
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Its possession alone would later be consideredincriminatingevidence.
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Finding noincriminatingevidence, much of the confiscated material has been returned.
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It was after the police found this hideout thatincriminatingevidencewould lead to the eventual arrest and conviction of most of the gang.
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Thisincriminatingevidencewas admitted at the trial.
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The processpractised in other colonies as welldeliberately sought to removeincriminatingevidence.
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