verb
- present participle of becrime; to make or become covered with crime, guilt, or moral stain
Usage: archaic or literary; rarely used in modern English
Examples
- The scandal was becriming his reputation with each passing day.
- His hands were becriming with the evidence of his wrongdoing.
- The old manuscript bore the marks of becriming age and neglect.
- She felt her soul becriming under the weight of her lies.