crimination
(krɪmɪˈneɪʃən)
[ad. L. crīminātiōn-em, n. of action from crīmināre: see prec.]
The action of charging with a crime or grave offence; severe accusation or censure.
| 1583 Fulke Defence xvii. 512 You have placed your crimination in the first chapter. 1654 Trapp Comm. Ps. lxix. 4 Loaden with many calumnies and false criminations. 1786 Burke W. Hastings Wks. 1842 II. 231 The said Hastings hath established divers matters of weighty and serious crimination against himself. 1848 Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 250 The criminations and recriminations of the adverse parties. |