"self-incrimination" meaning in English

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        "Act of giving testimony, in a trial, that would incriminate oneself."
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "giving testimony that would incriminate oneself",
          "word": "自證其罪"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "zìzhèngqízuì",
          "sense": "giving testimony that would incriminate oneself",
          "word": "自证其罪"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "giving testimony that would incriminate oneself",
          "word": "itsensä syyllistäminen"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "giving testimony that would incriminate oneself",
          "word": "itsekriminointi"
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        "self-incrimination"
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  "word": "self-incrimination"
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  "etymology_text": "self- + incrimination",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "giving testimony that would incriminate oneself",
      "word": "自證其罪"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zìzhèngqízuì",
      "sense": "giving testimony that would incriminate oneself",
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