To charge oue with crime; to furnish ground for a criminal prosecution; to expose a person to a criminal charge. A witness cannot be compelled to answer any question which has a tend-ency to criminate him. Stewart v. John-son, 18 N. J. I.aw, 87; Kendrick v. Comm.. 78 Va. 490
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
