If something incriminates you, it suggests that you are responsible for something bad, especially a crime. He claimed that the drugs had been planted to incriminate him They are afraid of incriminating themselves and say no more than is necessary. + incriminating in·crimi·nat·ing Police had reportedly searched his flat and found incriminating evidence. to make someone seem guilty of a crime incriminate yourself (past participle of incriminare, from crimen; CRIME)